An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 518

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 518


_Dunbar._


Teut. _loenie_. id.


~Lunyie-bane~, _s._ Hucklebone, Fife.


LUNKIT, _adj._


1. Lukewarm, S.


2. Beginning to thicken in boiling, S.


Dan. _lunk-en_, to make lukewarm.


LUNT, _s._


1. A match, as in E.


_Hist. Ja. s.e.xt._


2. A column of flaming smoke, S.


_Burns._


3. Hot vapour of any kind, S.


_Burns._


Teut. _lonte_, fomes igniarius.


_To_ ~Lunt~, _v. n._ To emit smoke in columns, S.


_Burns._


~Luntus~, _s._ A contemptuous designation for an old woman, probably from the practice of smoking tobacco, S. B.


LURDANE, LURDON, _s._


1. A worthless person.


_Wyntown._


2. A fool, a sot.


_Baillie._


3. Conjoined with the idea of sloth, S.


4. Improperly, a piece of folly or stupidity.


_G.o.dly Sangs._


Fr. _lourdin_, blockish, from _lourd_, id. Teut. _luyaerd_, _loerd_, ignavus.


~Lurdanry~, _s._


1. Sottishness.


_Douglas._


2. Carnal sloth.


_Lyndsay._


Fr. _lourderie_, stupidity.


LURE, _s._ The udder of a cow; properly, as used for food, S.


LURE, _adv._ Rather, S.


V. ~Lever~.


_Ramsay._


LUSCHBALD, _s._ A sluggard.


_Kennedy._


Isl. _losk-r_, ignavus, and _bald-r_, potens.


LUSKING, LEUSKING, _part. pr._ Absconding.


_Gl. Sibb._


Teut. _luysch-en_, lat.i.tare.


LUSOME, _adj._ Not smooth, S. B.


Su. G. _lo_, _lugg_, rough, and _sum_.


LUSOME, _adj._ Desirable.







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