An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 485
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 485
_Leard_, instructed, S.
~Lare~, ~Lear~, ~Lere~, _s._ Learning, S.
_Doug._
A. S. _laere_, Belg. _leer_, id.
~Lare-maister~, _s._ A teacher, S.
Belg. _leer-mester_, id.
LAREIT, LAUREIT, _s._ A chapel dedicated to _our Lady of Loretto_.
_Lyndsay._
LARG, LARGE, _adj._
1. Liberal.
Fr. id. Lat. _larg-us_.
_Barbour._
2. Abundant, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
~Larges~, ~Lerges~, _s._
1. Liberty.
_Barbour._
2. Liberality.
_Wyntown._
~Largly~, _adv._ Liberally.
_Barbour._
LARICK, _s._ A lark.
V. ~Laverok~.
~Laricks lint~, _s._ Great golden maiden-hair, S.
LARIE, _s._ Laurel.
_Colvil._
O. Fr. _laure_, laureus.
LASARE, LASERE, _s._ Leisure.
_Doug._
LASCHE, _adj._
1. Relaxed, from weakness or fatigue, S. B.
_Douglas._
2. Lazy.
_Ruddiman._
3. Devoted to idleness.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _lasche_, Lat. _lax-us_; Germ. _la.s.s_, tired, faint; Isl.
_loskr_, ignavus.
_To_ ~Lash~ _out_, _v. n._ To break out; in a moral sense.
_Z. Boyd._
~Lashness~, _s._
1. Relaxation in consequence of great exertion.
_Baillie._
2. Looseness of conduct.
_R. Bruce._
~Lask~, _s._ A diarrhoea in cattle, S. B.
_Ess. Highl. Soc._