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with an onion-like smell, which pecuharity is referred to in the Latin 
generic name. Cockayne, ii. 397. 
Leemers. Eipe fruit of Corylus Avellana, L. — ‘ Eipe nuts. To 
leem, to shell or drop out of the husks. Far. dial' Hal. ‘ Hazel 
nuts.’ Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8 ; Lane. ; Boxburglisli, Jamieson. 
Leerspoole. ‘ A cane or reed.’ Hal. 
Leke. ‘A leek (A.S.). Not worth a lake, a common expression in 
early poetry.’ Hal. 
Lemfeg. Fruit of Fims Carica, L. — ‘A doe-fig. Wilisd Hal. Wr. 
TFi7^s. ‘A fig, an Elleme fig.' E. D. S. Gloss. B. 19. 
Lemon Tree. A frequent name for Lippia {Aloysla) citriodora, 
Kth., in allusion to the scent of the leaves. — ‘The verbena. South.’ 
Hal. Wr. 
Lens, Water. See Lentils, Water. 
Lent-cocks. Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L. — Dev. ‘ In allusion, it 
seems, to the barbarous custom of cock-throwing, which was pre- 
scribed by our forefathers for Lent, or rather for Shrove Tuesday. 
The boys, in the absence of live cocks to throw sticks at, practised 
the art of decapitation on the flower.’ Gard. Chron., Mar. 22, 1879 
(p. 376). 
Lenten. ‘A linden tree (A.S.).’ Hal. Wr. Tilia europma, L. 
Lenten-fig. ‘ A dried fig, a raisin.’ Hal. 
Lentils. Ervum Lens, L. — Lyte, Prior, p. 133. 
Lentils, Water. Lemna minor, L. — Lyte. ‘ In Latin Lens palustris 
or lacustris : in shoppes Lenticula aquee : in English water Lentils . . . 
in high Douch Meer Linsen : in base Almaigne water Linsen.’ Lyte, 
106. Pratt says ‘ country people still frequently call it Water Lens,’ 
but we have not met with the name in actual use or in modern books. 
Lent Lily, or Lilies (from the season of flowering). Najxissus 
Pseudo-narcissus, L. — Cornw. (sometimes contracted to Lents), N. & 
Q., 1st Ser. iii. 259 ; Derh. (gardens, the single variety) ; Dev. Hal. 
Wr. ; Kent; N. Line. (Wrawby) ; Som. ; Surr. ; E. Suss.; Warw. 
(where it is also called Lanthorn Lilies) ; Westm. (gardens, the 
single variety) ; Wight (or Lenten Lilies, corrupted into Lantern 
Lilies), FI. Yect. ; Yks. Prior, p. 133. 
Lent Rose, or Lent Roses. Narcissus Pseicdo-narcissus, L. — Dev. 
(Teignmouth ; the plural form Lent Rosen is also occasionally 
employed), E. D. S. Gloss. B. 6, Hal. Wr. ; Line. In S. Dev. N. 
hifiorus, L., is also so called. 
Lents. See Lent Lily. 
Leopard’s Bane. A name applied by Ger. and in modern books to 
Doronicum Pardalianches, L., but transferred to that plant, like the 
specifle name, from some poisonous plant which it is not possible to 
determine. See Prior, p. 133. In Turn. Names it is spelt Libbard 
bayne, and applied to Paris quadri folia, L. Tojiscll (Fourfooted 
Beasts, p. 40) says ‘ The herbe Wolfe-baine or Libardine is poison to 
foxes, wolves, dogs, and beares, and to all beasts that are littered 
