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A DICTIONARY OF 
Lizzory. See Lezzory. 
Loaves-of-bread. A child’s name for the fruit of Hyoscyamus niger, 
L. — Nhamp. 
* Hunting from the stack-yard sod 
The stinking Henbane’ s belted pod, 
By youth’s warm fancies sweetly led 
To christen them his loaves-of-hread.^ 
Clare, Shepherd’s Calendar (May). 
Cfr. Cheeses. 
Lob, or Lop Grass. Bromus mollis, L. — With. ed. iv. Hants, 
Bromfield MS. See Lisle’s Obseryations in Husbandry, ed. ii. (1757), 
p. 73 : ‘the grass which country people call the hooded grass or loh 
grass,’ &c. Prior, p. 137. It is sometimes called simply Lop. 
Loch Reed. ‘Common Reed-grass.’ Phalaris arundinacea, L. — 
Scotl. Jamieson. 
Locken, Lockenty, or Lockity Gowan. See Gowan, Lockin. 
Locker. Trollius europmis, L. — Selkirksli. : Ticeeddale, Jamieson. 
With. (ed. ii.) has Locker Gowlans. See Gowan, Lockin. 
Lock-Lubbertie. Nostoc commune, Yauch. — Scotl. Jamieson. 
Locks and Keys. (1) Fruit of Fraximis excelsior, L. — Camh. ; 
Dev.; N. Ess.; N.-W. Line. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6; Norf.; Notts.; 
West, Hal. Wr. 
(2) Fruit of Acer Pseudo-platanus, L. — Camh.; N. Ess.; A’’. -IF. 
Line. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6 ; Norf. 
(3) Dielytra spectahilis, DC. — Som. (the usual name in cottage 
gardens). 
Lockyer Goldens. Trollius europoeus, L. — N. Yks. 
Locusts (pronounced locus). Rliinanthus Crista-galli, L. — N. Bucks. 
Locally supposed to have been the food of S. John Baptist. 
Loddon Lilies. Leucojum oestivum, L. — Berlcs. (Reading). From 
its abundance on the banks of the Loddon. 
Lodewort. Ranunculus aquatilis, L. — Ger. Appx. Hal. Wr. An 
A.S. name for Ranunculus bulbosus, L. Gl. Sloane 5, fol. 45c, accord- 
ing to Cockajme, iii. 336, 
Loggerheads. (1) Centaurea nigra, L. — N. Bucks. ; Glou. ; Oxf. 
Cockayne, iii. 315. 
(2) Centaurea Cyanus, L. — Nhamp. Nth, Gloss. ‘ From the resem- 
blance of its knobbed involucres to a weapon so called, consisting of 
a ball of iron at the end of a stick.’ Prior, p. 137. According to 
Holme (Acad, of Armory, ii. 426) a person having a large head was 
termed a loggerhead. 
Lombardy Poplar. A general name for Populus fastigiata, Ait. — ■ 
Prior, p. 186. See Loudon’s Arboretum, iii, p. 1660. 
Lonachies, or Lonnachs. Triticum repens, L. — N. Scotl. Jamieson. 
London Bottles. Prunella vulgaris, L. — Ayrsli. 
