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Dictionary of the Scots Language

The Historical Language of the Scottish Lowlands

 

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LA v. To lay.
LAB n. A lump, Scotland.
LAB n. A stroke, a blow. Lothian.
LAB v. To beat, Lothian.
LABOUR v. To plough, to ear, Scotland.
LABOURIN n. A farm.
LACHTER n. 1. A layer; as a “lachter of hay”, Angus, county of. “lochter”, id. Perths. Tweeddale. 2. A lock, a flake; a “lachter of woo”, a flake of wool, Angus, county of.; “lochter”, Perths. See also: LAICHTER.
LACHTER n. A lecher.
LACHTER n. All the eggs laid by a fowl at one time, Scotland. “Lochter”. Perths.
LACHTERSTEAD n. The ground occupied by a house, Scotland. B.
LACK v. 1. To reproach. 2. To depreciate. Scotland. B. See also: LAK, LACKIN.
LACK v. To slight.
LACKIN v. 1. To reproach. 2. To depreciate. Scotland. B. See also: LAK, LACK.
LAD n. 1. A young man-servant, Scotland. 2. A sweetheart, Scotland.
LADDIE n. 1. A boy, Scotland. 2. A fondling term, applied to a young man, Scotland.
 
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Browed : a. Having (such) a brow; -- used in composition; as, dark-browed, stern-browed.

 
A Dictionary of the Scots Language derived from “An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language By John Jamieson, D.D.” published in 1818.
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