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’ Laiter. Add :—s.W. (Deverill, etc.) 
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| *Lambs’ tails. Catkins of hazel, Corylus Avellana, L. S.W. (Orcheston.) 
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_*Land-robber. ? Rumex. “Butterdock (called by the country people 
‘land robber.’)’’—Diogenes’ Sandals, p. 85. 
~*Lark-leers. Waste land on the downs. S.W. 
“The skylarks ascend in hundreds; giving rise to the old Wiltshire word, 
lark-leer, applied to these wastes—leer being the Anglo-Saxon word for 
empty uplands.’’—Diogenes’ Sandals, p. 135. : 
Lass’n or Less’n. Unless. “A> wun’t come, lass’n ’e be paid vor't.’ 
a N. & S.W. 
Lave. (2) Add :—S.W. (Deverill.) 
F Lawrency. adj. Lazy. N. & S.W., occasionally. 
“Lawrency—lazy. Heard of an old Bishopstrowe body, “ She’s lawrency.” 
—Wilts Notes and Queries, Dec., 1893, p. 150. 
Lawrence appears to have been the patron saint of the idle. According to 
Cope’s Hants Giloss., he was originally a New Forest fairy. 
“Tf a peasant is lazy, it is said ‘Laurence has got upon him,’ or ‘ he has 
a touch of Laurence.’ He is still regarded with awe.”—Wise, Wew Forest. 
Also see #. D. S. Glouc. Gloss., and Parish’s Sussex Gloss. 
’ ase -cake. A cake made from lease-corn. N. & S.W. 
Lent. Add :—* 1625-6. For the lent of a clapper at the buryall of Henry 
Mogredge 5d.’—Churchwardens’ Accounts, Sarum St. Thomas. 
‘Letter. A spark in a candle. N. & 8.W. 
“A tiny spark on one side denoted a letter to whoever was sitting opposite 
it.” —Wilts Notes and Queries, No. 1, p. 8. 
‘Linet. Add :—(2) Odds and ends of thread, ete. “Let I brush your 
gownd, Miss. You be aal auver linets.” N. &S.W. 
I ogger-head. (1) Cottus gobio, the Bullhead. N.W. (Melksham.) 
(2) A Tadpole. N.W. (Melksham.) 
a ong-tailed pie. Parus caudatus, Long-tailed Tit. 
4 Look up. In both N. & S. Wilts “Look up” is commonly used instead of 
* Look out!” 
*Looking-glass. A wire set by a poacher across a hare’s run. 8%. W. 
: (Deverill.) 
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Loppet. (2) dd :—s.W. 
; (3) A tall ungainly person —Wotes and Queries, 6th Aug., 1881. 
“ He’s such a girt loppet,” @.e., a great shambling lout. 
*] Oppus. “A long lazy loppus,” an idle lout. N.W. (Trowbridge.) 
