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_Wallace._
~Lak~, _adj._ Bad, deficient; comp. _lakker_, worse; superl. _lakkest_.
_Douglas._
Isl. _lakr_, deficiens.
LAK, _s._ Hollow place.
_Houlate._
Isl. _lag_, _laegd_, locus depressus.
LAKIE, _s._ Irregularity in the tides.
Su. G. _lack-a_, deficere.
_Sibbald._
_To_ LAMB, _v. a._ To yean, S.
_Kelly._
Sw. _lamb-a_, Germ. _lamm-en_, id.
LAMB'S-LETTUCE, _s._ Corn sallad, S.
LAMB'S-TONGUE, _s._ Corn mint, S.
LAME, _s._ Lameness.
_Wyntown._
Isl. _lam_, fractio.
LAME, LAYM, LEEM, _adj._ Earthen, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
A. S. _laemen_, fictilis: _lam_, lutum.
LAMENRY, _s._ Concubinage.
V. ~Leman~.
_Priests Peblis._
LAMITER, _s._ A cripple, S.
LAMMAS-TOWER, _s._ A kind of tower erected by the herds of a district, against the time of Lammas, and defended by them against a.s.sailants, Loth.
_Trans. Ant. Soc._
LAMMER, LAMER, _s._ Amber, S.
Teut. _lamertyn-steen_, amber.
_Lynds._
LAMOO, _s. To gang down like lamoo_, to be easily swallowed, S.
Fr. _le mout_, new or sweet wine; or from the wa.s.sail-bowl, in E.
called _lamb's wool_.
_To_ LAMP, LEMP, _v. a._ To beat, S. B.
Teut. _lomp-en_, id. impingere.
_To_ LAMP, _v. n._ To take long steps, Loth.
_To_ LAMP, _v. n._ The ground is said to _lamp_, when covered with the cobwebs which appear after dew or slight frost, S. B.
LAMPET, LEMPET, _s._ The limpet, S.
_Chr. S. P._
LAMSONS, _n. pl._ Expences of the Scots establishment at Campvere.
_Baillie._
A. S. _land-socn_, transmigratio.
