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A Glossary of the Scots Dialect |
| Laddie | a lad. |
| Lade | a load. |
| Lag | backward. |
| Laggen | the angle between the side and bottom of a wooden dish. |
| Laigh | low. |
| Laik | lack. |
| Lair | lore. |
| Laird | landowner. |
| Lairing | sticking in the mud. |
| Laith | loth, to loathe. |
| Laithfu' | bashful. |
| Lallan | lowland. |
| Lallans | Scots Lowland vernacular. |
| Lammie | dim. of lamb. |
| Lampit | limpit (small shellfish). |
| Lan' | land, estate. |
| Lan'-afore | the foremost horse on the unplowed land side. |
| Lan'-ahin | the hindmost horse on the unplowed land side. |
| Lane | alone. |
| Lanely | lonely. |
| Lang | long. |
| Lang's | long as. |
| Lap | did leap. |
| Lav'rock | lark. |
| Lave | the remainder, the others. |
| Laverock | lav'rock, the lark. |
| Lawin | shot; reckoning; bill. |
| Lawlan' | lowland. |
| Lea | grass, untilled land. |
| Lea'e | leave. |
| Lea'rig | grassy ridge. |
| Leal | loyal. |
| Lear | lore, learning. |
| Leddy | lady. |
| Lee | live. |
| Lee-lang | live long. |
| Leesome | pleasant. |
| Leeze | dear (leeze me=dear to me). |
| Leezemeon | dear is to me; blessings on; commend me to. |
| Leister | trident for spearing fish. |
| Len' | lend. |
| Leugh | laughed. |
| Leuk | look, appearance. |
| Ley-crap | lea-crop. |
| Libbbet | gelded. |
| Libbet | castrated. |
| Licket | beating. |
| Licks | a beating. |
| Liein | lying (telling lies). |
| Lien | lain. |
| Lieve | lief. |
| Lift | heaven; large quantity. |
| Lightly | understate, to slight. |
| Lilt | sing. |
| Limmer | a woman of loose morals. |
| Limpit | limped. |
| Lin | a waterfall. |
| Linket | tripped deftly. |
| Linkin | tripping. |
| Linn | a waterfall. |
| Lint | flax. |
| Lint-white | flax-colored. |
| Lintie | linnen. |
| Lintwhite | the linnet. |
| Lippen'd | trusted. |
| Lippened | trusted. |
| Lippie | dim. of lip. |
| Lo'ed | loved. |
| Lo'esome | pleasant. |
| Loan | lane. |
| Loanin | the private road leading to a farm. |
| Lon'on | London. |
| Loof | palm of the hand. |
| Loof(pl | looves), the palm of the hand. |
| Loon | loun, lown, a fellow, a varlet. |
| Loosome | lovesome. |
| Loot | did let. |
| Loove | love. |
| Looves | palms (of the hand). |
| Losh | petty oath. |
| Lough | lake. |
| Loun | rascal; chap. |
| Loup | to leap. |
| Low | lowe, a flame. |
| Lowan | flaming. |
| Lowe | flame. |
| Lowin | flaming, blazing. |
| Lowpin | leaping. |
| Lowping | leaping. |
| Lowse | to loosen. |
| Luckie | designation of an older woman. |
| Lucky | a grandmother, an old woman; an ale wife. |
| Lug | the ear. |
| Lugget | eared. |
| Luggie | wooden porringer. |
| Luke | look. |
| Lum | the chimney. |
| Lume | a loom. |
| Lunardi | a balloon bonnet. |
| Lunardie | a type of woman's bonnet. |
| Lunches | full portions. |
| Lunt | a column of smoke. |
| Luntin | smoking. |
| Luve | love. |
| Luver | lover. |
| Lyart | grey. |
| Lynin | lining. |
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