Lade-Pail. s. A small pail, with a long handle, used for the purpose of filling other vessels.

LÁdeshrides. s. pl. The sides of the waggon which project over the wheels. See SHRIDE.

Ladies-smock. s. A species of bindweed; Convolvulus sepium. See WITHY-WINE.

Lady Buddick. s. A rich and early ripe apple.

Lady-cow. s. A lady-bird; the insect Coccinella
Septempunctata.

Lady's-hole. s. A game at cards.

Lai'ter. s. The thing laid; the whole quantity of eggs which a hen lays successively.

She has laid out her laiter.

Lamager. adj. Lame; crippled; laid up.

Larks-leers. s. pl. Arable land not in use; such is much frequented by larks; any land which is poor and bare of grass.

Lart, Lawt. s. The floor: never applied to a stone floor, but only to wooden floors; and those up stairs.

Las-charg'eable! interj. Be quiet! The last chargeable: that is, he who last strikes or speaks in contention is most blamable.

LÂt. s. A lath.

Lat'itat. s. A noise; a scolding.

Lat'tin. s. Iron, plates covered with tin.

Lattin. adj. Made of lattin; as a lattin saucepan, a lattin teakettle, &c.

Laugh-and-lie-down. s. A common game at cards.

To Lave. v. a. To throw water from one place to another.

To Le'Ät. v. n. To leak.

Le'Ät. s. A leak; a place where water is occasionally let out.

Leath'er. v. a. To beat.

Leathern-mouse, s. A bat.

Leer. adj. Empty.

Leer. s. The flank.

Leers. s. pl. Leas; rarely used: but I think it always means stubble land, or land similar to stubble land.

Lent. s. Loan; the use of any thing borrowed.

Lew. adj. Sheltered; defended from storms, or wind

Lew, Lewth. s. Shelter; defence from storm or wind.

Lib'et. s. A piece; a tatter.

Lid'den. s. A story; a song.

Lie-lip. s. A square wooden vessel having holes in its bottom, to contain wood-ashes for making lie.

Lights. s. pl. The lungs.

Lighting-stock. s. A horse-block; steps of wood or stone, made to ascend and descend from a horse.

Lim'bers, Lim'mers. s. pl. The shafts of a waggon, cart, &c.

Linch. s. A ledge; a rectangular projection; whence the term linch-pin (a pin with a linch), which JOHNSON has, but not linch.

The derivations of this word, linch-pin by our etymologists, it will be seen, are now inadmissable.

To Line. v. n. To lean; to incline towards or against something.

Lin'ny. s. An open shed, attached to barns, outhouses, &c.

Lip, Lip'pen. s. A generic term for several containing vessels, as bee-lippen, lie-lip, seed-lip, &c. which see.

Lip'ary. adj. Wet, rainy. Applied to the seasons: a lipary time.

To Lir'rop. v. a. To beat.

This is said to be a corruption of the sea term, lee-rope.

Lis'som. adj. Lithe; pliant. Contracted from light- some, or lithe-some.

List, Lis'tin. s. The strip or border on woollen cloth.

Lis'tin. adj. Made of list.

To Lob. v. n. To hang down; to droop.

Lock. s. A small quantity; as a lock of hay, a lock of straw.

Lock-a-Daisy. interj. of surprise or of pleasure.

Lockyzee. interj. Look, behold! Look you, see!

To Long. v. n. To belong.

Long'ful. adj. Long in regard to time.

Lose-Leather. To be galled by riding.

Lowance. s. Allowance: portion.

Lug. s. A heavy pole; a pole; a long rod.

I incline to think this is the original of log.

Lug-lain. s. Full measure; the measure by the lug or pole.

Lump'er. v. n. To lumber; to move heavily; to stumble.