(2) The hip-joint. Heref. (3) A native of Lancashire. LONNING, 8. See Loan. LONT-FIGS, 8. Dried figs. West. Loo, v. (1) To shelter from the wind. Kent. See Lew. (2) To aggravate a dog. LOOBS, 8. Slime in which ore is found. Derb. LOOBY, 8. A clown or awkward fellow. Twittenham loobies, Thistleworth boobies, I'll teach you all the dance. Academy of Complements, 1714. LOOCH, s. A place to lay stone in. LOOED, part.p. Supplanted. West. LOOF, v. The sea term now spelt luff. To bring a vessel close to the wind. LOOINDY, adj. Sulky; mischievous. North. LOOK, v. (1) To behold. (2) To expect. North. (3) To weed corn. Looker, a weeding-hook. Cumb. LOOK-ABOUT-YE, S. An old name of a game. LOOK'EM. See Lucayne. LOOKER, 8. A herdsman. Sussex. LOOм, (1) v. To appear large, as things often do by refraction at sea. (2) s. The track of a fish. West. (3) 8. A chimney. Durham. (4) s. Any tool or utensil. Chesh. LOOMY, adj. Rancid and mouldy, applied to meat. Norf. LOON, 8. A lout; a worthless fellow. LONG-TAILED-CAPON, 8. The long- Loop, (1) 8. A door hinge. North. tailed titmouse. South. LONG-TO. Distant from. Var. d. LONG-TOM, 8. The long-tailed tit mouse. Northampt. LONGWAYS, adv. Lengthways. LONGWORT, 8. Pellitory of Spain. LONIR, 8. A blanket. Devon. LONK, 8. (1) A little dingle. West. (2) 8. A length of paling. East. (3) v. To melt and run together in a mass. A mining term. LOOR, v. To bow the head. North. LOORD, S. (Fr. lourd.) A lazy fellow. Loos, s. (A.-N.) Praise; honour. LOOSE, (1) v. To discharge any projective weapon. (2) s. The privilege of turning | LOPPING, adj. Lame. Dorset. cattle on commons. North. LOOSE-BODIED-GOWN, S. A customary dress of abandoned women, hence used for such women themselves. LOP-SIDED, adj. Leaning to one side. Yet if I go among the citizens' wives, they jeer at me; if I go among the loosebodied-gowns, they cry a pox on me, because I go civilly attired; and swear their trade was a good trade, 'till such as I am took it out of their hands. Honest Whore, part 2, O. Pl., iii, 479. LOOSE-LADDER, 8. A loop slipped down in a stocking. LOOT, s. A board fixed to a staff to remove the scum in boiling brine. Staff. LOOTH. See Loo. LOOVER, S. An opening at the top of a dove-cote. North. LOOVEYNG, S. (A.-S.) Praise; honour. Looveyd, praised. Looze, s. A pig-stye. West. LOP, (1) s. (A.-S.) A flea. Ys joy ynow so ye your lyggys streyne, (2) v. To hang loosely. (3) v. To lounge. Kent. (4) s. The faggot wood of a tree. LOPE, (1) v. To leap. (2) pret. t. of lepe. Leapt. pl. (4) v. To stride. Essex. LOP-EARED, adj. Having long pendulous ears. LOPE-STAFF, S. A staff with which to leap ditches, &c. LOPEWAY, S. A foot and bridle way, not adapted for carriages. Norf. LOPIRD, adj. Coagulated; clotted. MSS. of 15th cent. LOP-LOACH, S. The leech used by surgeons. North. LOPLOLLY, 8. A lazy fellow. West. LOPPER, v. To curdle. Var. d. LOPPETING, adj. Loitering; idle. LOP-START, S. The stoat. East. LOPWEBBE, S. (A.-S.) A spider's web. LOQUINTUE, adj. Eloquent. LORDEYN. See Fever-Lurden. LORDFEST, adj. (4.-S.) Excessively lordly. LORD-HAVE-MERCY-UPON-ME, S. A term for a violent pain in the bowels. LORDINGS, S. (A.-S.) Sirs; masters. LORDS-AND-LADIES, 8. The plant LOREINE, S. (A.-N.) A rein. LOREL, S. (A.-N.) A worthless fellow; a scoundrel. LOREMER, S. (A.-N.) A bit-maker. LORRÉ, S. A dish in ancient cookery. A scoundrel. LOSSE, s. A lynx. LOSSET, S. A flat wooden dish. LOSSUM, adj. Lovesome. LOST, part. p. Famished. Heref. Dues to the lord of the manor for ingress and egress. A miner's term. LOTCH, v. To go limpingly. Lanc. LOTE, S. (1) (A.-S.) A tribute. (2) Gesture; aspect. (3) A loft, or floor. South. LOTE, v. (1) To lurk; to lie concealed. Of the crouche he was do At eve-sanges oure; The strengthe lefte lotede ine God William de Shoreham. (2) To struggle; to strive. LOTEBY, 8. A bedfellow; a conLUDBY, cubine; a lover male or female. LOTHE, (1) adj. (A.-S.) Hateful; perverse. (2) v. To loathe. (3) s. Harm; danger. (4) v. To offer for sale. Kennett. LOTHER, (1) adj. (A.-S.) Unwilling. Shropsh (2) v. To splash. North. LOTHLY, adj. Loathsome. LOTIEN, v. (4.-S.) To lie in ambush. LOT-TELLER, S. A wizard. LOTTERY, S. (1) Divination; witchcraft. (2) A child's print. (3) To go to lottery, to quarrel. Lou, pret. t. Laughed. LOUCH, v. To walk slovenly. West. LOUCHET, 8. A large piece. Berks. LOUD-AND-STILL. An old phrase equivalent to always. LOUGH, S. A hole in a rock. Linc. LOUK, (1) 8. A thump. Var. d. (2) v. To thrash. frog. LOUPY-DIKE, S. An imprudent person. North. LOURDE, adj. (A.-N.) Heavy; disagreeable. LOURDY, adj. Sluggish. Suss. LOURE, v. (4.-S.) To look or be discontented. Lourand, discontented. LOURY, adj. Threatening rain. LOUSE, v. To think; to consider. South. LOUSEBUR, S. A plant. Ozell's Rab. LOUSTER, v. (1) To loll about. Devon. (2) To make a clumsy rattling noise; to work hard. South. LOUSY-FAIR, S. Forum promercale, scrutarium, ubi vestimenta aut res usu tritæ venum exponuntur. γρυταπωλεῖον. La friponnerie, ou le viel marché. The place or standing where olde apparell and such like stuffe is to be sold: the lowsie faire, or beggers market. Nomenclator, 1585. LOUTE, v. (1) (A.-S.) To bend; to bow; to make obeisance. (2) To loiter, or tarry. Hearne. (3) To lurk. See Lote, Lotien. (4) To neglect. (5) To low, or bellow. (6) To milk a cow. North. LOVE, (1) v. (A.-S.) To praise. (2) s. An old name of a game. (3) v. To set a price. (4) v. To prefer. LOVE-ACHE, S. The plant lovage. LOVE-BIND, S. Traveller's-joy. LOVE-CART, S. A lent cart. Oxford. LOVE-DAY, S. A day appointed for the settlement of differences by arbitration. LOVE-ENTANGLE, s. The nigella. Cornw. LOVE-FEAST, s. An annual feast celebrated on the Thursday next before Easter. The small LOVE-IN-IDLENESS, 8. pansy. Warw. LOVE-LIKING, S. (4.-S.) Graciousness; peace. LOVE-LOCKS, S. Locks of hair, hanging near or over the ears, fashionable towards the middle of the 17th century. Sailors now term the curls which they wear on their temples love-locks. LOVELOKER, adj. (A.-S.) lovely. LOVE-LONGING, s. Desire. LOVE-POT, 8. A drunkard. LOVER, S. (1) (4.-N.) A turret or lantern on the roof of a building for the escape of smoke, &c. See Loover. More (2) A chimney. North. LOVERDING, S. A lordling. LOVESOME, adj. Lovely. LOVIEN, v. (A.-S.) To love. LOVIER, S. A lover. Var. d. LOVING-CUP, s. The grace-cap. Low, (1) s. (A.-S.) A flame; heat. Lowrynge, flaming. (2) s. (A.-S. hlaw.) A small hill, more especially applied to a sepulchral tumulus. (3) v. To heap up. Devon. (4) pret. t. Laughed. LOWABLE, adj. Commendable. Hope, thenne, is a vertue moche lowable, and of grete meryte before God. Caxton's Art of Dying Well. LOWANCE, S. Allowance; income; largess. Unto some inne the owner never ment LOWANER, v. To stint. West. LOWBELL, (1) s. A bell used.in bird-batting. (2) s. The fire-bell. Peace, gentle lowbell. B. & F., Wom. Prize, i, 3. Flo. You are a sweet drunken youth. Alb. No more of that, good lowbel. Flora's Vagaries, 1670. (4) v. To serenade a quarrelsome man and wife. A Northamptonshire custom, resembling the old one of riding Skimmington. Lowe, pret. t. Lied. LOWEN, v. (1) To fall in price. East. (2) To condescend. LOWEND, part. p. Reduced in price. "The baker is lowend ta da;" the contrast to hisen'd, or raised. LOWER, (1) s. (A.N.) Hire; reward. (2) s. A lever. Var. d. (3) v. To strike as a clock with a low prolonged sound; to toll the curfew. Devon. (4) v. To shrug with the shoul- LOWERST, v. To exert. Devon. LowLE, v. To carry a heavy burthen in one's arms. Devon. LOWL-EARED, adj. Long-eared. Wilts. LOWLYHEDE, S. (A.-S.) Meekness. Low-MEN, S. False dice, so constructed as always to turn up low numbers. LOWNE, adj. Sheltered. North. See Loo and Lew. LOWRE, 8. An old cant term for money. LOW-ROPE, S. A piece of rope lighted at one end. North. Lows, s. Low level land. Suff. LowSEN, v. To listen. Dorset. LOW-SUNDAY, 8. The first Sunday after Easter. LowT, v. To mock; to contemn. LOWTHS, 8. Low-lands. Yorksh. LOZENGE, S. A lollipop. East. Are you tall? all that are lower than LUBBER-COCK, s. A turkey-cock. LUBBERD, S. A lubber. North. M. Who knocks at the doore? P. Friends. M. Friends walke not in the night. The Passenger of Benvenuto, 1612. And, at my return, protest I'll shew you all. Witch of Edmonton, 1568. Luc, s. A small pool near the shore. South. And I'll warrant you, that arch blade that luck'd upon a married minister, and ask'd him how Mrs. Parson did; thought himself in little less than a rapture; and it was well, if he did not go presently to bed, and take a dose of diascordium. Eachard's Observ., 1671. (2) To top. LUCKE, V. To knit the brows. North. LUCKER, S. Sort or like. Devon. LUCKING-MILL, S. A fulling-mill. Kent. LUCKS, 8. Locks of wool twisted on the finger of a spinner at the distaff. East. LUCKY, (1) s. Large; easy. North. (2) To make one's lucky, to cut one's lucky, to depart in haste. LUDDOKKES, S. (4.-S.) The loins. LUE, v. To sift. A mining term. LUFE, S. (1) Love. Lufer, a lover. (2) The open hand. (3) The ear of a toad. North. LUFF, S. The wooden case in which the candle is carried in birdbatting. LUFT, 8. (A.-S.) A fellow. (2) A measure of land, contain- (3) A rod, twig, or pole. West. LUGDOR, S. The wood-louse. LUGEOUS, adj. Unwieldy. Devon. LUGHE, part. p. Laughed. LUG-LAIN, S. Full measure. Somers. LUG-LOAF, 8. A heavy fellow. LUGSOME, adj. Heavy. East. LUG-WORM, 8. A kind of sea-worm found in the sand on the seacoast and used for bait. LUITEL, adj. Little. Thauh hit on Englisch be dim and derk, |