An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

LUNYIE, s. The loin.
Dunbar.

Teut. loenie. id.

Lunyie-bane, s. Hucklebone, Fife.

LUNKIT, adj.
1. Lukewarm, S.
2. Beginning to thicken in boiling, S.

Dan. lunk-en, to make lukewarm.

LUNT, s.
1. A match, as in E.
Hist. Ja. Sext.
2. A column of flaming smoke, S.
Burns.
3. Hot vapour of any kind, S.
Burns.

Teut. lonte, fomes igniarius.

To Lunt, v. n. To emit smoke in columns, S.
Burns.

Luntus, s. A contemptuous designation for an old woman, probably from the practice of smoking tobacco, S. B.

LURDANE, LURDON, s.
1. A worthless person.
Wyntown.
2. A fool, a sot.
Baillie.
3. Conjoined with the idea of sloth, S.
4. Improperly, a piece of folly or stupidity.
Godly Sangs.