340 PROVINCIALISMS. 



LEEVE ; willingly ; a word of indifference. " Aa'd 



as leeve gang as ftay ;" 1 would as foon go as ftay. 



A word in common ufe. 

 LEER ; a barn (growing intodifufe). 

 LEYLANDS; lands in a common field laid down 



to grafs j oppofed to plowlands, or fuch as are 



kept under tillage. 

 To LIB ; to geld male lambs and calves (horfcs and 



pigs are "gelded"}. 



To LIE LEY ; to lie in grafs ; as lands in a com- 

 mon field. See LEYLANDS. 

 To LIG ; to lie along. 

 To LIGHT ; to reft, depend, or rely. " It is not 



to light on ;" It is not to be depended upon ; it 



is not fafe to fettle or reft on. 

 LING ; trica; the common name for heath. 

 To LITE; to wait; as, " Will ye lite o' ma' ?" 



Will you wait for me ? 

 LOBSTROUS LOUSE; a wood-loufe.; 

 LOGGIN ; a trufs of long ftraw. 

 LOOAN, or LOOAN1N ; a lane. 

 To LOOK ; to weed ; or rather to difweed ; as corn, 



or young woods. 

 LOOP ; the thimble of a gate or door. < Loops 



and crukes j" hooks and thimbles : alfo a ftitch 



in knitting. 



A LOW ; a flame, or blaze ; as the low of a candle. 

 LOWCE (that is, loofe) ; freed from fervitude. 

 LOWND ; loo, ftill, calm, under (belter ; oppofed 



to windy. 

 ToLOWPj to leap. 



MACK; 



