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lasagie, lasgie, laskie, lass, lassach, lassack, lassag, lassagie, lasses, lassgie, lassick, lassickie, lassie, lassies, lasskie, lassoch, lassock, lassockie, wee_lass, weelass, welass, wulass,
lass [las, ˈlasɪ]
n. A girl.
pl. lasses
dim. lassie, lassock, lassockie, MN. lassoch, NN.b. lassag, lassagie, lasskie
pl. lassies
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
wee lass: Little girl.
laist, laister, laistest, las, las$, last, laster, lastest, lastlins, lest, lester, lestlins,
last [last]
adj. Last (final).
comp. laster
superl. lastest.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
at lang and last: At long last.
lastlins: Lastly.
las, las$, last,
last [last]
n. A measure for grain or herrings etc.
afflat, aff-lat, forlat, forlatten, forleet, forleit, forluit, gae-lattin, lat, lat_on, lat-on, latten, latter, latter-oot, lattin, leet, leeten, leit, let, letten, lit, loot, looten, lootin, löt, luit, luiten, lut, lut, lute, luten, ootlat, outlat,
lat [lat]
v. To let, to allow, permit.
pt. luit [løt, lyt, C. lɪt, N. lit]
pp. latten [ˈlatən, ˈlʌtən, ˈlɛtən], luiten [ˈløtən, ˈlytən, ˈlɪtən, ˈlitən]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
aff-lat: A showing off. A piece of ostentation. A reduction or abatement of rent etc. MN. Outlet.
forlat: MN. To deal a blow, to hit out. pt. forluit. pp. forlatten
gae-lattin: MN. Letting go, the verge of bankruptcy.
inlat: An inlet, an entrance, avenue. A small side-road or lane. Encouragement, concession, opportunity, welcome.
lat on: To divulge, reveal.
latter-oot: The person who feeds in the straw in rope twisting.
ootlat: An outlet, expression.
lait, lat, latt, let,
lat [lat]
n. S. U. A lath, a thin plank or spar of wood.
latch, letch,
latch [latʃ]
n. A bog, mire, swamp. A stream flowing through such an area.
latch, latchard, latchet, latcht,
latch [ˈlatʃət]
n. A loop or catch.
dim. latchet A small loop of thread or string etc.
pl. latches
v. To latch.
pt. pp. latcht
latch, latchie, latchy, letch,
latch [latʃ]
n. An indolent, dilatory person, a dawdler.
v. To be slow or dilatory, to dawdle, loiter, procrastinate.
 
latchy
adj. Slow, tardy, lazy,
laet, laeter, laetest, lait, laiter, laitest, laitlie, laitly, late, latelie, lately, later, latest,
late [let]
adj. Late. At a late hour, late in the evening.
comp. later
superl. latest
 
lately
adv. Lately.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ere and late: All the time.
latter: The latter.
lattergae, letergae, lettergae, letter-gae, letthergae,
lattergae [ˈlatərˈgeː]
n. The precentor in a church who first read the line of the psalm and then led the congregation singing it.
 
From lat + gae.

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