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flex, laverock$s_lint, lin$, linget, linjet, linshit, lint, lint-beetler, lint-pat, lint-pond, lint-pot, lintseed, lint-white, waat-lint, wat-lint, watt-lint, weet-lint, weit-lint,
lint [lɪnt]
n. The flax plant Linum usitatissimum. Linen thread.
 
linget [lɪnʒət]
n. The seed of flax, lintseed.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fairy lint: S. The fairy flax Linum catharticum.
laverock's lint: The haircap moss Polytrichum commune or WC. flax Linum catharticum.
lint-beetler [-ˈbitlər, -ˈbɪtlər]: One who, or a maschine which prepares flax.
lint-pat: A pool where lint is washed.
lintseed: Flax seed.
lint-white: Flaxen-coloured.
weet-lint, wat-lint: Wetted flax removed from the flax dam.
lentall, lintel, lintell, lintill,
lintel [ˈlɪntəl]
n. A mantelpiece. The threshold of door.
bricht_lintie, bricht-lintie, green_lintie, greenick, greenie, greenlintie, greenock, hill_lintie, hill-lintie, lentie, lilty, lintick, lintick, lintie, lintiewhite, lintie-white, linto, lintock, lintwhite, lint-white, linty, rose_lintie, roselintie, whin-lintie, whun-lintie, yallae-neb, yalla-neb, yellae_lintie, yella-neb, yelly_lintie,
lintwhite [ˈlɪntʍəit, N. -fəit]
n. The linnet Carduelis cannabina.
dim. lintie [ˈlɪnti], lintock, lintie-white
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bricht lintie: NN.b. The chaffinch Fringilla coelebs.
broun lintie: The linnet Carduelis cannabina.
fern lintie: MN. U. The whinchat Saxicola rubetra.
green lintie: The greenfinch Carduelis chloris. dim. greenie, MN. greenock.
gray lintie: The linnet Carduelis cannabina.
heather lintie: The lesser redpoll Acanthis cabaret.
hedge lintie: NN.b. The linnet Carduelis cannabina.
hill lintie: NEC. MN. NN.b. I.Ork. The twite Carduelis flavirostris.
muir lintie: The twite Linaria flavirostris.
rock-lintie: NN.b. The twite Linaria flavirostris or MN. rock pipit Anthus petrosus.
rose lintie: C. S. The common redpoll Acanthis flammea, NEC. WC. the lesser redpoll Carduelis cabaret or S. greenfinch Carduelis chloris. A male linnet Carduelis cannabina.
sea lintie EC. WC. SW. The rock pipit Anthus petrosus.
tree lintie: MN. The chaffinch Fringilla coelebs.
yellae lintie [ˈjɛlə-, WC. SN. MN. ˈjale-]: The yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella.
yellae-neb lintie: SW. The twite Linaria flavirostris.
whin-lintie [ʍɪn-, ʍʌn-, MN. fʌn-]: S. SN. MN. The whinchat Saxicola rubetra or S. linnet Carduelis cannabina.
lion, lyon,
lion [ləiən]
n. A lion.
laeper, licklip, lick-lip, lip, lip-foo, lip-fou, lip-fu, lip-fu$, lipp, lippan, lipper, lipperin, lippie, lippin, lippin$, lippin-foo, lippin-fou, lippin-fu, lippin-fu$, lippit, lippy, lipstick, lup, lupstick, lyper, scaadlips, scadlips, scaudlips, sweet-lippit,
lip [lɪp]
n. A lip. The edge or brink of a stream or pool etc. The broad brim of a soft hat. A notch on the edge of a blade of a knife or sword etc.
dim. lippie
v. To touch with the lips, to taste. To break or makethe edge of a blade etc. jagged, to notch, chip. To fill to the lip or brim, to give full measure in a container.
pt. pp. lippit
 
lipper [ˈlɪpər]
n. A ripple. A broken or choppy sea.
v. Of water: to ripple, to be ruffled by tide or wind, break in small waves. To be full almost or quite to overflowing, to be brimming over. Of a vessel floating in water: to be almost awash, to be sunk to water level.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hing the pettit lip: To sulk, wear an injured and offended expression.
lick-lip: Fawning, wheedling.
lipperin: Rippling.
lip-fou: Full to the brim.
lippin [ˈlɪpɪn]: Full to the brim.
lippin-fou: Full to the brim.
lipstick: Lipstick.
scaudlips: Hot barley broth.
sweet-lippit: Sweet-toothed.
lang-lippened, lang-lippent, lipnen, lippen, lippen$d, lippenable, lippenance, lippend, lippened, lippenin, lippenins, lippent, lippinen, lippnan, lippnan, lippnin, lippnins, litten, mislippen, mislippin, misslippen, misslippin, oonlippened, unlippent,
lippen [lɪpn]
v. To trust, rely or depend on, have confidence in a person to do something. With tae or wi: to entrust something to someone or someone with something. To expect, look for with anticipation, count on, reckon.
pt. pp. lippent
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
lang-lippent: Long awaited.
lippenin: Expectation.
lippenable: Dependable.
lippenins [lɪpnɪnz]: pl. Trust, reliance.
mislippen: To distrust, neglect, forsake, overlook, let slip, to treat without due care and attention.
no tae lippen tae: Untrustworthy.
unlippent: Unexpected.
leeper, leiper, leipered, leprosie, lipered, lipper, lippered, lipperous, lippert, lipprosy, lipre, liprosie, liprosy, lyper,
lipper [ˈlɪpər, ˈlipər, N. ˈləipər]
n. A leper. A large, festering sore or mass of sores, a scab.
adj. Leprous, having some cutaneous disease, e.g. smallpox, having a mottled or diseased appearance.
 
lippert, lippered
adj. Scarred, leprous.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
lipperous [ˈlɪp(ə)rəs]: Leprous.
liprosy: Leprosy.
leepie, leepy, lippie, lippy,
lippie [ˈlɪpe, ˈlipi]
n. The fourth of a peck (1 3/4 pounds).
lickerie, lickery, likerus, liquorie, liquory,
liquorie [ˈlɪkəri]
n. Liquorice.
lillie-lyre, lily-lire, lire, lyre,
lire [ˈlaər]
n. The complexion, hue.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
lily-lire: A white complexion.

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