L.

_Lane_, 340, 357. From the latter reference I gather that it = layer.

_Lapidaries_, 295. Early use.

_Learne a lewd man_, 359. Chaucer, to teach.

_Leaze_ (asses), 264. Sense pretty evident, but I know not the word. Qy., same as lees, or leese, losings or leavings.

_Lewd_, _Lewdness_, 19, 358, 359, (Chaucer) 8, etc. Sometimes ignorant; sometimes in a similar sense as lay, opposed to clerkly or learned; sometimes wicked or nefarious. Lewdness, in 8, seems to equal uselessness, or doing nothing for their living.

_Limitors_, 88. Chaucer, Begging friars, because their limits were appointed.

_Loose_, _lose_. These spellings are used interchangeably in this work, but, I think, are spelled the more frequently as they now are. Cf. _Than_ and _Then_. _Naught_ and _Nought_.