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LE, LIE, LEE, LYE, _s._
1. Shelter, security from tempest.
_Douglas._
2. Metaph. peace, tranquillity.
_Wynt._
Su. G. lae, locus tempestati subductus; Isl. _hle_, _hlie_, id.
~Le~, ~Lie~, _adj._ Sheltered, warm.
_Houlate._
LE, _s._ Law.
O. Fr. _ley_.
_Wyntown._
_To_ LE, _v. n._ To tell a falsehood.
_Wynt._
~Le~, _s._ A lie.
_Wyntown._
LEA, _adj._ Not plowed.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _leag_, pasture.
LEAGER-LADY, _s._ A soldier's wife, S.
Dan. _leyger_, Teut. _lager_, a camp.
_To_ LEAM, _v. n._ To shine.
V. ~Leme~.
LEAP, _s._ A cataract.
V. ~Loup~.
LEAR, _s._ A liar, S. p.r.o.n. _leear_.
_Wyntown._
LEASH, _s._ Liberty, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _leis-a_, _leys-a_, solvere.
_To_ ~Leash away~, _v. n._ To go cleverly off, or on the way, S. B.
_Ruddiman._
_To_ LEATHER, _v. a._ To lash, to flog, S.
_To_ LEATHER, _v. n._ To move briskly, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
LEAUW, _s._ A place for drawing the nets on, composed partly of stones, earth and gravel; Aberd.
_Law Case._
Teut. _loo_, locus altus adjacens stagnis, &c. A. S. _hlaew_, agger.
LEBBIE, _s._ The fore-skirt of a man's coat, S. B. Loth.
A. S. _laeppe_, id. Isl. _laf_, ala pallii.
_To_ LECHE, _v. a._ To cure.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _laek-a_, A. S. _lacn-ian_, id.
~Lech~, ~Leche~, ~Leiche~, _s._ A physician.
