An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 481

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 481

_Wallace._


~Lak~, _adj._ Bad, deficient; comp. _lakker_, worse; superl. _lakkest_.


_Douglas._


Isl. _lakr_, deficiens.


LAK, _s._ Hollow place.


_Houlate._


Isl. _lag_, _laegd_, locus depressus.


LAKIE, _s._ Irregularity in the tides.


Su. G. _lack-a_, deficere.


_Sibbald._


_To_ LAMB, _v. a._ To yean, S.


_Kelly._


Sw. _lamb-a_, Germ. _lamm-en_, id.


LAMBS-LETTUCE, _s._ Corn sallad, S.


LAMBS-TONGUE, _s._ Corn mint, S.


LAME, _s._ Lameness.


_Wyntown._


Isl. _lam_, fractio.


LAME, LAYM, LEEM, _adj._ Earthen, S.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


A. S. _laemen_, fictilis: _lam_, lutum.


LAMENRY, _s._ Concubinage.


V. ~Leman~.


_Priests Peblis._


LAMITER, _s._ A cripple, S.


LAMMAS-TOWER, _s._ A kind of tower erected by the herds of a district, against the time of Lammas, and defended by them against a.s.sailants, Loth.


_Trans. Ant. Soc._


LAMMER, LAMER, _s._ Amber, S.


Teut. _lamertyn-steen_, amber.


_Lynds._


LAMOO, _s. To gang down like lamoo_, to be easily swallowed, S.


Fr. _le mout_, new or sweet wine; or from the wa.s.sail-bowl, in E.


called _lambs wool_.


_To_ LAMP, LEMP, _v. a._ To beat, S. B.


Teut. _lomp-en_, id. impingere.


_To_ LAMP, _v. n._ To take long steps, Loth.


_To_ LAMP, _v. n._ The ground is said to _lamp_, when covered with the cobwebs which appear after dew or slight frost, S. B.


LAMPET, LEMPET, _s._ The limpet, S.


_Chr. S. P._


LAMSONS, _n. pl._ Expences of the Scots establishment at Campvere.


_Baillie._


A. S. _land-socn_, transmigratio.