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L. 



Larjfian-rjinJ, the hoop securing- the bottom of a wooden 

 vessel. 



To Lair, to stick in the mud or snow. In Renfrewshire the 

 word is applied to the piece of ground one purchases in a church- 

 yard or cemetery. 



Lovenanty, strange ! 



Led farm, a farm held along with another.—" Waverlev 

 Novels." •' 



Let day, a day when you have little to do. 

 To Learn nuts, to separate the bunch of hazel nuts from the 

 husk. 



To Leep, to heat. 



Leepit, par-boiled. 



To Leese, to pass a coil of rope through the hand unwinding 

 or winding it up again. 



Liggat, a wooden gate. 



Lnukie, a hole in a dyke left for the passage of sheep, filled 

 up with thorns when inconvenient. 



Loper, to coagulate ; loper snow, snow in a state of slush. In 

 Renfrewshire the word is laper, and only applied to blood. 



TMuner, a laundry maid. 



M. 



Mankeeper, newt. Because it is believed that it waits on the 

 adder to warn man of his danger.— Jamieson. 



Merve or Mervjj, ripe, applied to apples when they aro sweet 

 and mellow. 



To Mein, to pity, to bemoan. A mistlie thing, a useful thing 

 which it IS awkward to be without. 



Moidart, stupid. 



Mochrum elders, cormorants. Communicated. 



Moio or Mou, a heap of corn. 



Minnie, most frequently applied to the mother of a lamb. 



Mat, in Dumfriesshire a door mat, called in Renfrewshire a 

 bass; whereas in Renfrewshire a mat meant a thick woollen 

 covenug for the bed, generally wrought into a pattern 



