_To lowse a langet_, metaph. to make haste, to quicken one's pace, S.
~Langrin~, ~at langrin~, _adv._ At length, S.
~Lang-nebbit~, _adj._ Having a long nose, S.
2. Denoting the delicate and lively strokes of a musician on his violin.
LANSPREZED, A corporal; used as a term of contempt.
Isl. _hlaup_, coagulum, _hleipe_, coagulo.
LAPPIE, _s._ A plash, a pool, Ang. _Laip_, Loth.
~Lare~, ~Lear~, ~Lere~, _s._ Learning, S.
LAREIT, LAUREIT, _s._ A chapel dedicated to _our Lady of Loretto_.
~Larick's lint~, _s._ Great golden maiden-hair, S.
1. Relaxed, from weakness or fatigue, S. B.
Fr. _lasche_, Lat. _lax-us_; Germ. _lass_, tired, faint; Isl. _loskr_, ignavus.
_To_ ~Lash~ _out_, _v. n._ To break out; in a moral sense.
1. Relaxation in consequence of great exertion.
~Lask~, _s._ A diarrhoea in cattle, S. B.
LASKAR, _s._ A large armful of hay or straw, Tweedd.
_To_ LAT, LET, _v. a._ To esteem, to reckon.
1. To heat metal, so that it may be bent any way without breaking, S.
A. S. _lith-ian_, to soften, to attemper.
Su. G. _laad-a_, _lod-a_, _loed-a_, to solder.
LATIENCE, _s._ Leisure; S. B. _leeshins_.
LATTER-MEAT, _s._ Meat brought from the master's to the servants' table, S.
Isl. _laatun_, Belg. _latoen_, orichalcum.
LAUCH, LAWIN, LAWING, _pron._ _lauwin_, _s._ A tavern-bill.
_To_ ~Lauch~, _v. a._ To possess legally.
LAVEROK, LAUEROK, _s._ The lark, S. often q. _lerrik_, _larick_.
A. S. _laecc-an_, apprehendere; _laehte_, cepit.
~Law~, ~Lawe~, _A Lawe_, _adv._ Downward.
1. A designation given to many hills or mounts, whether natural or artificial, S.
LAW-BORROIS, LAW-BORROWS, _s. pl._ The legal security which one man is obliged to give, that he will not do any injury to another in his person or property, S.
_Law_ and _borgh_, or _borrow_, a pledge.
LAWTING, _s._ The supreme court of judicature in Orkney and Shetland, in ancient times.
A. S. _leax_, Dan. Su. G. O. E. _lax_, id.
~Lax-fisher~, _s._ A salmon-fisher, Aberd.
LE, LEE, _s._ The water of the sea in motion.
O. Isl. _lae_, _laa_, mare; hodie, unda fluens.
Su. G. lae, locus tempestati subductus; Isl. _hle_, _hlie_, id.
_To_ ~Leash away~, _v. n._ To go cleverly off, or on the way, S. B.
_To_ LEATHER, _v. a._ To lash, to flog, S.
_To_ LEATHER, _v. n._ To move briskly, S. A.