L.

Lackey, 87/3, servant, messenger.

Lag, 20/15, _v. pr. t._ pilfer, steal.

Lagged, 36/25, _pp._ caught.

Laggoose, 85/4, _s._ laggard, lazy.

Laie, 4/1, 9/32, _v._ plan, intend, purpose.

Laie, 35/46, Lay, 35/48, _s._ untilled land, grass land, lea.

Laier, 63/4, _s._ soil, ground.

Laier, 20/27, _s._ beds, litter.

Lammas, 50/36, _s._ Lammas Day, the 1st August. A.S. _hlâfmaesse_. O. Eng. _loafmas_, the bread-feast or feast of first fruits.

Lamming, 35/21, _s._ lambing.

Lams, 51/1, _s._ lambs.

Langdebiefe, 39/16, _s._ Wild bugloss. See Mr. Britten's note, E205.

Larkes foot, 43/18, _s._ Larkspur, or Larksclaw. _Delphinium_, Linn.

Lash, 63/20, _s._ dirt, mud; leaue in the lash = leave in the lurch, or, perhaps, in the snare, trap. See next word.

Lash, 10/15, _s._ the leash in which an animal is caught or held, hence "to run in the lash" = to fall into the snare.

Lasheth, 23/18, _v. pr. t._ lavisheth, wastes.

Lashinglie, 9/6, _adv._ lavishly, freely.

Lash out, 9/6, _v._ lavish, spend.

Laster, 85/10, _s._ is no laster = will not or does not last, i.e. is soon broken.

Launders, 83/2, _s. pl._ washers, laundresses.

Lauender cotten, 42/12, _s._ the Garden cypres, _Chamæcyparissus_.--Lyte's Dodoens, ed. 1578, p. 29.

Lauender spike, 42/11, _s._ spike lavender, _Lavandula spica_, from M. Lat. _lavendula_, from _lavare_ = to wash, as being the plant used to scent newly-washed linen, whence the expression of "laid up in lavender." The essential oil distilled from this plant, which is nearly allied to the common Lavender, is called in French Essence d'Aspic, and in English Oil of Spike. It is used in porcelain painting and in veterinary medicine. See Pharmacographia, p. 430.

Lawe, 56/2, _s._ rule, for a lawe = as a rule.

Laxe, 19/41, _s._ looseness, diarrhœa. See Cowlaske.

Lay, 10/60, _v. pr. t._ plan, try.

Lay land, 33/49, _s._ untilled lands. "Lay lande, _terre nouvellement labourée_."--Palsgrave.

Lead, 56/14, _s._ a cauldron, copper, or kettle. Gaelic _luchd_ = a pot, kettle. "That stemede as a forneys of a _leede_."--Chaucer, Prologue to C. T. l. 202. "Make þe broys in þe _led_."--Havelok, ed. Skeat, 924.

Lease, 33/49, _s._ a pasture. "A lease is a name used in some countries for a small piece of ground of two or three acres."--T.R. O.E. _leswen_, to pasture, from A.S. _læsu_, a pasture, _lǽswian_, to pasture.

Leaueled, 46/7, _pp._ levelled, measured.

Leauens, 89/10, _s. pl._ the barm and meal laid together for fermentation: _to lay the leavens or leavance_ = to put them together for that purpose. See Halliwell, s.v. Leavance.

Leese, 56/47, _v. imp._ lose, miss.

Leete, 86/10, _s._ a manor court.

Lemmans, 40/2_a_, _s. pl._ lemons. Arabic _laimûn_.

Lent stuffe, 63/36, _s._ provisions for Lent.

Lesse, 2/8, _s._ lease, term. Fr. _lais, laissement_, the lease or instrument by which a holding of any kind is let (_laissé_) to a tenant.

Let, 57/50, _s._ hindrance, obstacle.

Letted, 23/2, _pp._ hindered, delayed.

Lettis, 39/18, _s._ lettuce. Lat. _lectuca_, from Greek γαλὰ [Greek: gala] gen. γάλακτος [Greek: galaktos], milk, and ἔχω [Greek: echo], to contain, through _lattouce_, an older form (still retained in Scotland).

"Letuce of lac derivyed is perchaunce; Ffor mvlk it hath or yeveth abundaunce." --Palladius on Husbondrie, E. E. Text Soc. ed. Lodge, 51/216.

Leuer, 50/9, _adv._ sooner, rather. A.S. _leofer_.

Lick, 23/6, _v._ lick themselves.

Licoras, 45/13, _s._ liquoras.

Licour, 22/23, _s._ water, drink.

Lide, 114/3, _v. pt. t._ lay, was situate.

Lie in the dust, 10/32, cease, be done away with.

Lieng alonge, 19/25, lying at a distance.

Linage, 114/3, _s._ lineage, family.

Lightly, 46/20, _adv._ easily.

Likest, 35/34, _adj._ most likely, promising.

Lillium cum-vallium, 43/20, _s._ Lily of the valley, or Lily-convally. Lat. _Lilium convallium_, a name taken from Canticles ii. 1, "I am the lily of the valleys."

Line, 17/5, _s._ rope (?).

Ling, 57/36, _s._ a fish (_Lota molva_) resembling a cod, but longer and more slender. When salted, it is extensively used for food in Scotland and Ireland. Fr. _lingue_, O. Dutch, _linghe_.

Linne, 97/3, _s._ the town of Lynn. "To purchase Lynn" seems to have been a proverbial mode of expression used in ridicule of stinginess.--Mavor.

Linnen, 94/13, _s._ linen.

Litherly, 85/8, _adj._ lazy, idle.

Lively spide, 3/2, quickly seen.

Liuerwort, 39/20, _s._ so called from the _liver_ shape of the thallus. Lyte (Dodoens, ed. 1587, p. 411) tells us it is "a sovereign medicine against the heate and inflammation of the liver."

Loiterers, 2/6, _s. pl._ hangers on, dependents.

*Lone, 10, _s. pl._ a loan, grant from God.

Longing, 16/10, _s._ desire, what it requires.

Longwort, 39/19, _s._ lungwort, _Pulmonaria maculosa_.

Looke, 5/1, 10/4, _v._ look for, seek, expect.

Loose, 57/22, _v. pr. t._ lose, waste.

Lop, 33/13, _s._ the faggot wood of a tree.

Lordlie, 113/3, _adv._ to live in a lordly or grand style.

Losels, 63/12, _s. pl._ worthless, abandoned fellows. Prompt. Parv. has "Lorel or losel, or ludene, _lurco_."

Louage, 45/12, _s._ Lovage. _Ligusticum Scoticum_, Linn.

Lowe, 23/24, _adj._ not advanced, if Spring is taken to mean the _season_; or, not grown up, if Spring is the _young grass_.

Lowe, 63/11, _adv._ low, feeding so lowe = to allow the flocks to eat the pasture too low or short.

Lower, 20/17, _v._ scowl, look discontented.

Lubberlie, 9/16, _adj._ lazy, idle. "Thither this lusking _lubber_ softly creeped." _Tom Tel Troth's Message_, New Shak. Soc. ed. F. J. Furnivall, p. 128. "_Baligaut, m._ an vnweldie _lubber_, great lobcocke, huge luske, mishapen lowt, ill-fauoured flabergullion."--Cotgrave.

Lubbers, 57/22, _s. pl._ louts, awkward fellows. Welsh _llob_ = a heavy lump, _llabi_ = a looby. Gaelic _leobhair_ = a lubber.--Wedgwood.

Lug, 87/4, _v._ drag, draw.

Lurched, 23/3, _pp._ robbed of their food, being left in the _lurch_.

Lurching, 88/7, _s._ greediness. L. Lat. _lurcare_, to swallow food greedily. "To _lurch_, devour, or eate greadily, _ingurgito_."--Baret's Alvearie. Cf. Bacon's Essays, xlv.

Lurke, 86/1, _v._ idle, loiter about.

Lurketh, 62/9, _v. pr. t._ lounge, dawdle about. The same as Lusk. Harman, p. 82, speaks of "lewtering luskes and lazy lorrels."

Lust, 15/10, _s._ desire.

Lustie, 60/5, _adj._ strong, lusty.