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leash, leesh, leish, lish, lith,
leish [liʃ]
adj. Active, nimble, strong and muscular, athletic, supple
adj. Active, nimble, strong and muscular, athletic, supple
leester, leesterin, leister, leisterin,
leister [ˈlistər]
n. A spear with three or more barbed prongs used for striking at and catching salmon. A trident.
v. To spear fish with a leister.
n. A spear with three or more barbed prongs used for striking at and catching salmon. A trident.
v. To spear fish with a leister.
Compounds and phrases etc.
leisterin [ˈlistərɪn]: Spearing a fish with a leister.
laisure, leasure, leesur, leesure, leesure, leisur,
leisur [ˈliːʒər, ˈliːzər, ˈleːʒər]
n. Leisure.
n. Leisure.
Leith,
Leith [liθ]
pn. Leith (Edinburgh).
pn. Leith (Edinburgh).
Leitem, Leitham, Leithowm, Leitum,
Leitham [litəm]
pn. Leitholm (Borders).
pn. Leitholm (Borders).
From the Leet Water and ham.
lampit, lempeck, lemped, lempet, lempet-cuidie, lempick, lempit, lempit-cuddy, lempit-cuidie,
lempet [ˈlɛ(i)mpət, ˈlɛmpɪk]
n. The limpet Patella vulgata. A nickname for a native of Stronsay parish.
n. The limpet Patella vulgata. A nickname for a native of Stronsay parish.
Compounds and phrases etc.
lempet-cuidie: A small basket for collecting limpets.
Lempetgreen, Limpetgreen, Limpickgreen,
Lempetgreen [ˈlɛmpɪkgrin]
pn. Limpetgreen.
pn. Limpetgreen.
lempsit, lems, lemse, lemset, lemsit, lemsket, lemskit,
lemse [I.Sh. lɛms]
adj. Stiff or halting in one's movements, slow, sluggish, sloppy.
adj. Stiff or halting in one's movements, slow, sluggish, sloppy.
lemsit, lemskit
adj. Weak and debilitated-looking.
adj. Weak and debilitated-looking.
lain, lained, laint, lane, lehn, len, len$, lend, lenn, lenned, lenner, lennit, lent, loan, loant, lonn,
len [lɛn(d), len]
n. A loan. Something borrowed or given in loan.
v. To lend, to give on loan. To deal, fetch, deliver a blow on a person or thing.
pt. pp. lent
n. A loan. Something borrowed or given in loan.
v. To lend, to give on loan. To deal, fetch, deliver a blow on a person or thing.
pt. pp. lent
Compounds and phrases etc.
lenner: A lender.
tak a len o: To take advantage of.
the len o: A loan of.
tak a len o: To take advantage of.
the len o: A loan of.
From Old English læn or Old Norse lān. Sometimes with hypercorrective final /d/ by analogy with bend, send, etc.
laanch, lainch, lainsh, lanch, launchin, launchit, lench, lenched, lenchin, lenchit, lencht, lensh,
lench [lɛnʃ, lenʃ]
v. To launch. To take long, quick strides, to spring, bound. To throw, fling, shovel out quickly.
pt. pp. lencht
v. To launch. To take long, quick strides, to spring, bound. To throw, fling, shovel out quickly.
pt. pp. lencht
Compounds and phrases etc.
lenchin: Launching.