Knave, boy, lad, fellow, cnâfa A.S., Knabe Germ.
Knife (2 H. IV. ii. 4, R. and J. iii. 1, Macb. i. 5). It appears to have been the custom in those times for women to carry a straight-handled knife in a sheath at their girdle, like a dagger. As we meet the term wedding-knives, it would seem to have formed part of the bridal array.
Knot, body, gang, party; a wavy bed in a garden.
Lantern (R. and J. v. 3), a louvre, or turret full of windows for admitting or transmitting light.
Lavolta (H. V. iii. 5, Tr. and Cr. iv. 4), a quick bounding dance for two persons. It would seem not to have been unlike the waltz of the present day.
Leave (Two Gent. iv. 3, M. of Ven. v. 1), to part with, give away.
Leg. "Make a leg" (R. II. iii. 3, T. Sh. iv. 1), to make a bow or obeisance—from putting forward one leg and withdrawing the other.
Leiger (M. for M. iii. 1, Cymb. i. 6), a resident ambassador, apparently from liggan, ligg, to lie, i.e. reside.
Leisure. Shakespeare, and apparently he alone, uses this word (R. III. v. 2) for brief time, and also (R. II. i. 1) for occupation, engagement.
L'envoy (L. L. L. iii. 1), lines terminating a French ballad and conveying the moral, or an address to the person for whom the poem was intended.