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Laiter. Add .— S.W. (Deverill, etc.) 



"^Lambs' tails. Catkins of hazel, Corylus Avellana, L. S.W. (Orcheston.) 



^Land-robber. ? Rumex. "Butterdock (called by the country people 



'land rbbber.')" — IXiogenes Sandals, p. 85. 

 *Lark-leei'S. 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.' 



N. & S.W. 



Lave. (2) Add .—S.W. (Deverill.) 



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 Gloss., he was originally a New Forest fairy. 



"If a peasant is lazy, it is said 'Laurence has got upon him,' or k he has 

 a touch of Laurence.' He is still regarded with awe." — Wise, New Forest. 

 Also see E. D. S. Glouc. Gloss., and Parish's Sussex Gloss. 



Lease-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. & S.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, etc. "Let I brush your 

 gownd, Miss. You be aal auver linets." N. & S.W. 



Logger-head. (1) Cottus gohio, the Bullhead. N.W. (Melksham.) 



(2) A Tadpole. N.W. (Melksham.) 



Long-tailed pie. Par us caudatus, Long-tailed Tit. 



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. S.W. 



(Deverill.) 



Loppet. (2) Add : — S.W. 



(3) A tall ungainly person. — Notes and Queries, 6th Aug., 1881. 

 " He's such a girt loppet," i.e., a great shambling lout. 



*LoppUS. " A long lazy loppus," an idle lout. N.W. (Trowbridge.) 



