Chapter L

_Lair_, or _lear_, learning; to learn.
_Laith_, loth.
_Lake_, lack.
_Landwart_, the country, or belonging to it; rustic.
_Lane_, alone.
_Lang_, long.
_Langsome_, slow, tedious.
_Lang-syne_, long ago; sometimes used as a substantive noun, auld
_lang-syne_, old times by-past.
_Lap_, leaped.
_Lave_, the rest or remainder.
_Lavrock_, the lark.
_Leal_, or _leel_, true, upright, honest, faithful to trust, loyal; "a
_leal_ heart never lied."
_Lee_, untilled ground; also an open grassy plain.
_Leek_,--_clean's a leek_, perfectly clever and right.
_Leen_, cease, give up, yield.
_Leglen_, a milking-pail with one lug or handle.
_Len_, lend, loan.
_Let na on_, do not divulge.
_Leugh_, laughed.
_Lick_, to whip or beat; a blow.
_Lied_, ye lied, ye tell a lie.
_Lift_, the sky or firmament.
_Lills_, the holes of a wind instrument of music; hence, "_lilt_ up a
spring."
_Lin_, a waterfall.
_Linkan_, walking speedily.
_Loan_, or _loaning_, a passage for the cattle to go to pasture, left
untilled; a little common, where the maids often assembled to milk
the ewes.
_Loe_, or _loo_, to love.
_Loof_, the hollow of the hand.
_Lounder_, a sound blow.
_Lout_, to bow down, making courtesy; to stoop.
_Low_, flame. _Lowan_, flaming.
_Lowp_, to leap.
_Lowrie_, _lawrie_, cunning; a designation given to the fox.
_Lucky_, grandmother, or goody.
_Lug_, ear; handle of a pot or vessel.
_Luggie_, a dish of wood with a handle.
_Lug out_, pull or draw out.
_Lyart_, hoary or grey-haired.