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Launders, 83/2, s. £/. washers, laun- 
dresses. 
Lauender cotten, 42/12, s. the Garden 
cypres, Chamecyparissus.—Lyte’s 
Dodoens; ed. 1578, p. 29. 
Lauender spike, 42/11, s. spike laven- 
der, Lavandula spica, from M. Lat. 
lavendula, from lavare=to wash, as 
being the plant used to scent newly- 
washed linen, whence the expres- 
sion of ‘‘ laid up in lavender.” The 
essential oil distilled from this 
plant, which is nearly allied to the 
common Lavender, is called in 
French Essence d’Aspic, and in 
English Oil of Spike. It is used 
in porcelain painting and in veteri- 
nary medicine. See Pharmaco- 
graphia, p. 430. 
Lawe, 56/2,5. rule, fora lawe=asa rule. 
Laxe, 19/41, s. looseness, diarrhoea. 
See Cowlaske. 
Lay, 10/60, v. gr. ¢. plan, try. 
Lay land, 33/49, s. untilled lands. ‘‘ Lay 
lande, terre nouvellement labourée.” 
—Palsgrave. 
Lead, 56/14, s. a cauldron, copper, or 
kettle. Gaelic Zwchd=a pot, kettle. 
‘“That stemede as a forneys of a 
leede.” —Chaucer, Prologue to C. T. 
l. 202. ‘‘ Make pe broys in pe 
led.””—Havelok, ed. Skeat, 924. 
Lease, 33/49, 5.a pasture. ‘A lease is 
a name used in some countries for 
a small piece of ground of two or 
three acres.”—T.R. O.E. leswen, 
to pasture, from <A.S. /ésu, a 
pasture, /éswzar, to pasture. 
Leaueled, 46/7, 2%. levelled, measured. 
Leauens, 89/10, s. Z/. the barm and 
meal laid together for fermentation: 
to lay the leavens or leavance=to 
put them together for that purpose. 
See Halliwell, s.v. Leavance. 
Leese, 56/47, uv. zmp. lose, miss. 
Leete, 86/10, s. a manor court. 
Lemmans, 40/2a, s. £/. lemons. 
laimin. 
Lent stuffe, 56/36, s. provisions for Lent. 
Lesse, 2/8, s. lease, term. Fr. Zazs, 
Zatssement, the lease or instrument 
by which a holding of any kind is 
let (azssé) to a‘tenant. 
Let, 57/50, s. hindrance, obstacle. 
Letted, 23/2, 4. hindered, delayed. 
Lettis, 39/18, s. lettuce. Lat. Zectuca, 
from Greek yadda, gen. yaAakTos, 
Arabic 
Glossary. 
milk, and €yw, to contain, through 
lattouce, an older form (still retained 
in Scotland). 
“*Letuce of lac derivyed is perchaunce; 
Ffor mylkit hath or yeveth abundaunce.” 
Palladius on Husbondrie, E. E. 
Text Soc. ed. Lodge, 51/216. 
Leuer, 50/9, adv. sooner, rather. <A.S. 
leofer. 
Lick, 23/6, v. lick themselves. 
Licoras, 45/13, s. liquoras. 
Licour, 22/23, s. water, drink. 
Lide, 1138/3, v. At. ¢. lay, was situate. 
Lie in the dust, 10/32, cease, be done 
away with. 
Lieng alonge, 19/25, lying at a distance. 
Linage, 1138/3, s. lineage, family. 
Lightly, 46/20, adv. easily. 
Likest, 35/34, adj. rnost likely, pro- 
mising. 
Lillium cum-vallium, 43/20, s. Lily of 
the valley, or Lily-convally. Lat. 
Lilium convallium, a name taken 
from Canticles ii. 1, ‘‘I am the 
lily of the valleys.” 
Line, 17/5, s. rope (?). 
| Ling, 57/36, s. a fish (Zofa molva) re- 
sembling a cod, but longer and 
more slender. When salted, it is 
extensively used for food in Scot- 
land and Ireland. Fr. “ingue, 
O. Dutch, Znghe. 
Linne, 97/3, s. the town of Lynn. ‘**To 
purchase Lynn” seems to have been 
a proverbial mode of expression 
used in ridicule of stinginess.— 
Mavor. 
Linnen, 94/13, s. linen. 
Litherly, 85/8, adj. lazy, idle. 
Lively spide, 3/2, quickly seen. 
Liuerwort, 39/20, s. so called from the 
liver shape of the thallus. Lyte 
(Dodoens, ed. 1587, p. 411) tells us 
it is ‘‘a sovereign medicine against 
the heate and inflammation of the 
liver.” 
Loiterers, 2/6, s. £7. hangers on, depen- 
dents. 
*Lone, 10, s.a Joan, grant from God. 
Longing, 16/10, s. desire, what it re- 
quires. 
Longwort, 39/19, s. lungwort, Pudmo- 
naria maculosa. 
| Looke, 5/1, 10/4, v. look for, seek, 
expect. 
Loose, 57/22, v. pr. ¢. lose, waste. 
Lop, 33/13, s. the faggot wood of a tree. 
