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(5) An inland cliff, ef ‘‘ The Hawk’s Lynch” (Tom Brown at Oaford) ; 
occasionally applied to a steep slope or escarpment, as at Bowood and 
Warminster. 
*Linchard. A precipitous strip of land on a hillside, left unploughed. 
(Spring-tide, pp. 79 and 186.) 
*Lined. Of an animal, having a white back. (D.) 
Linet. Tinder. (H.) Tinder was made of linen, N.W. Obsolete. 
li pping. Of weather, showery, wet, and stormy. N. & S.W. 
*Litten, Litton. A churehyard. Lieton (H.), chirche-litoun 
(Chron. Vilod.) Still used in Hants, but probably now obsolete in Wilts. 
(Wilts Tales, p. 161; Wilts Arch. Mag., vol. xxv., p. 129.) 
*Liver-sand. ‘‘Sand-veins . . . . which are deep and tough, and are 
of the nature called in Wilts ‘liver-sand.’” (Agric. of Wilts, ch. 12.) 
Lob. Of leaves, to droop limply, as cabbages do before rain. N. & 8.W. 
Lock. “A lock of hay,” a small quantity of hay. (A.B.) N.W. 
Locky. Of hay which has not been properly shaken about, stuck together as 
it was cut. N.W. 
Lodged. Of wheat, laid or beaten down by wind orrain. (D.) N. & S.W. 
Also Ledged. (Wilts Arch. Mag., vol. xxii., p. 112.) 
Loggerums. (1) Centaurea nigra, L., Black Knapweed. N.W. 
*(2) ‘‘Scabious.” (Village Miners.) 
Long purples. Lythrum Salicaria, L., Purple Loosestrife. Rarely used, 
Tennyson’s “long purples of the dale” are Vicia Cracca, Shakespeare’s are 
Orchis mascula, while Clare applies the name to Lythrum. 
Longful. Tedious. (A.B.) 
Long-winded. ‘A long-winded man” always means one who is very slow 
to pay his debts. N.W. 
Lope along. To run as a hare does. S.W. 
Loppet. The same as Lope. cf. Sloppet. 
Lords-and-Ladies. Arum maculatwm, L., Cuckoo-pint. (A.B.) N.&8.W. 
Lot. To reckon, expect, think. ‘I do lot her’s a bad un.” N.W. 
Lot-meads. Common meadows divided into equal-sized pieces, for the hay 
of which lots were cast each year. (D.) N.W. Obsolete? 
*Loving-andrews. Geranium pratense, L., Meadow Cranesbill. (Village 
Miners.) 
Love-am’-idols, or Loving Idols. Viola tricolor, L., Love-in- 
idleness, usually the wild form, but occasionally applied to the garden pansy 
also. Nuffin-idols at Clyffe Pypard. N. & S.W. 
