L

Labour

Thrash.

Laddie

Diminutive of lad.

Laggen

The angle between the side and the bottom of a wooden dish.

Laigh

Low.

Lairing, lairie

Wading, and sinking in snow, mud, etc., miry.

Laith

Loath; impure.

Laithfu'

Bashful, sheepish, abstemious.

Lallans

Scottish dialect, Lowlands.

Lambie

Diminutive of lamb.

Lammas moon

Harvest moon.

Lan'

Land, estate.

Lan'-afore

Foremost horse in the plough.

Lan'-ahin'

Hindmost horse in the plough.

Lane, lanely

Lone; my lane, thy lane, etc., myself alone; lonely.

Lang

Long; to think lang, to long, to weary.

Lap

Did leap.

Late and air

Late and early.

Lathefu'

Hesitating.

Lave

The rest, the remainder, the others.

Laverock

The lark.

Lawin'

Shot, reckoning, bill.

Lawlan'

Lowland.

Lay my dead

Attribute my death.

Lays

Fields.

Lea-rig

Grassy ridge.

Leal

Loyal, true, faithful.

Lear

Learning, lore.

Lee-lang

Live-long.

Leesome luve

Happy gladsome love.

Leeze me

A phrase of congratulatory endearment; I am happy in thee, of proud of thee.

Leister

A three-pronged and barbed dart for striking fish.

Leugh

Did laugh.

Leuk

A look, to look.

Libbet

Castrated.

Lichtly, lightly

Sneeringly, to sneer at, to undervalue.

Lick, licket

Beat, thrashed.

Lift

Sky, firmament.

Lilt

A ballad, a tune, to sing.

Limmer

A mistress, a strumpet.

Limpit

A kind of shell-fish.

Limp't

Limped, hobbled.

Link

To trip along; linkin', tripping along.

Linn

A waterfall, a cascade.

Lint

Flax; lint i' the bell, flax in flower.

Lint-white

A linnet, flaxen.

Loan

The place of milking.

Loaning

Lane.

Loof, looves

The palms of the hands.

Loot

Did let.

Losh-man!

Rustic exclamation, modified from Lord man.

Loun

A fellow, a ragamuffin; a woman of easy virtue.

Loup

Jump, leap; startled with pain.

Louper-like

Lan-louper, a stranger of a suspected character.

Lowe, lowin'

A flame; flaming; lowin-drouth, burning desire for drink.

Lowrie

Abbreviation of Lawrence.

Lowse

To loose.

Lug

The ear, a handle.

Lug of the law

At the judgment seat.

Lugget

Having a handle.

Luggie

A small wooden dish with a handle.

Lum

The chimney; lum-head, chimney top.

Lunch

A large piece of cheese, meat, etc.

Lunt, lunting

A column of smoke, to smoke; to walk quickly; smoking.

Lyart

Of a mixed colour, grey.