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belaabour, belaubour, laaber, laaberer, laaberin, laabor, laaborer, laaborin, laabour, laabourer, laabourin, labberin, labor, laborin, labour, labourin, lauberer, laubour, laubourer, laubourere, laubourin, lawbor, lawborin, lawbour, lawbourer, lawbourin, limerin, slip-ma-laabours, slipmalabours, slip-ma-labours, slip-ma-laubours, slip-ma-lawbours,
laubour [ˈlɑːbər N. I. ˈlaːbər]
n. Labour, agricultural work.
v. To labour. To beat, thrash, batter, belabour.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
belaubour: To belabour.
laubourer: A labourer.
laubourin [ˈlɑːbərɪn N. I. ˈlaːbərɪn]: Labouring. Agricultural work Tillage, arable ground. A thrashing. Laborious.
slip-ma-laubours: An idle, unreliable person.
la$ghin, laach, laached, laachin, laacht, laachter, laagh, lach, lached, lachen, lachin, lacht, lachter, lachun, lagh, laghter, lauch, lauched, lauchen, lauchin, laucht, lauchter, leuch, leuchen, leugh, leughin,
lauch [lɑːx, lɔːx, N. I. laːx]
n. A laugh.
v. To laugh.
pt. laucht [lɑːxt, laxt], leuch [l(j)ux]
pp. laucht, leuchen [ˈl(j)uxən]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
lauchin [ˈlɑːxɪn, ˈlɔːxɪn, N. I. ˈlaːxɪn]: Laughing.
lauchter [ˈlɑːxtər, ˈlɔːxtər, N. I. ˈlaːxtər]: Laughter.
laad, laud,
laud [lɑːd, lɔːd]
n. Praise, high commendation.
v. To praise highly, sing the praises of.
Laader, Lauder, Lauther, Lawther,
Lauder [ˈlɑːdər, ˈlɔːdər]
also Lauther [ˈlɑːðər]
pn. Lauder (Borders).
backlan, backland, backlaun, backlaund, clean-lan, clean-land, fittie-lan, fittie-land, fittie-laun, fittie-laun$, fittie-laund, forelan, forelan$, foreland, forelaund, heedlan$, heidlan, heidlan$, heidland, inlan, inlan$, inland, inlaun, inlaund, Johnnie_Mainland, laan, laan, laand, laand, laant, lain, lan, lan, lan$, lan$fa$, land, land, landbirst, landbrist, landburst, landet, landit, landmairk, landmerk, lanit, lann, lann, lannbrist, lanner, lannit, lanside, lanskip, laun, laun$, laund, laund, laundburst, launder, laundfaw, laundit, laundmairk, laundmerk, laundscape, laund-side, laundskip, launmairk, launmerk, lawn, Mainlo, ooter_laund, ooterlan, ooterland, ootern, ootlan, ootlan$, ootlan$er, ootland, ootlander, ootlaner, ootlanner, ootlaunner, ootlin, outlan, outland, outlander, redd-laund, red-lan,
laund [lɑːn(d), lɔːn(d), N. I. laːn(d)]
When used as a suffix usually land [-lən(d)]
n. Land, the earth, soil, country. A building of several storeys divided into flats. A tenement house.
v. To land.
pt. pp. laundit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
backland [ˈbaklən(d)]: A house or temement built behind others.
clean-land: MN. A filed cleared of turnips and ready for ploughing.
ebb laund MN.: Shallow soil.
fittie-land: The near horse of a pair in a plough.
foreland [foːrˈ-]: The beach, the foreshore. A house or tenement fronting the street.
heidland: A headland.
inland: Inland. An inner part of a block of buildings lying between a front and back wing and generally forming one side of a courtyard.
laundburst: The braking of waves on the shore.
launder: A land side horse.
laundfaw: Landfall, arrival.
laund-lowper [ˈlɑːn(d)-, lan(d)-]: A roving vagabond, a scamp.
laundmerk: A landmark.
laundskip: Landscape.
laund-side: The side of the plough next to unploughed land.
ooter laund: Outlying pasture.
ootland: Outlying land. A stranger, an outcast.
ootlander: A stranger or outcast.
redd-laund: Ploughed land.
lander, landers, lanner, lanners, launder, launders, launer, launner, launners, leddy_launders,
launder [ˈlɑːn(d)ər, ˈlɔːn(d)ər, N. ˈlaːn(d)ər]
n. A laundry-maid.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
leddy launders: A ladybird.
laaboord, laabrod, laabuird, lab, laboord, labrod, labuird, lap, lapbuird, laubrod, laubuird, laup, lawboord, lawbrod, lawbuird, lawp, layboard,
laup [lɑːp, lɔːp, N. I. laːp]
n. Lap. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
laupbrod, contracted laubrod, laipbrod, laupbuird, contracted laubuird, laipbuird: A tailor's board laid across the knees for working on.
laarations, larie, lary, laureat, laureate, laureation, laurie, laurit, laury, lauwrie, lawry,
laurie [ˈlɑːre, ˈlɔːre, N. I. ˈlaːre]
n. The laurel.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
laureate [-ət]: To confer a university degree upon. pt. pp. laureate
laureation: A universty graduation address.
lavatory, lavatrie, lavatry, lavey, lavvie, lavvy,
lavatory [ˈlavət(ə)ri]
n. A place for washing. A toilet.
dim. col. lavvie
laeve, laive, lave, laver, laves, lavin, lavin-pan, lavins, lavins, leave, leavin, leaving,
lave [leːv]
n. What is left over, the rest, the remainder. Of people or things: the others.
n. A quantity of any liquid thrown or dashed, the act of throwing or dashing liquid. A method of catching fish by damming up a pool and drawing out the water.
v. To empty out water with a scoop or the like, to bale.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
laver: A scoop or baler used in a boat or washing boiler etc.
lashins and lavins: An abundance.
lavin-pan: A scoop or baler.

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