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doagerloan, doggerlone, doogerloan, dougerloan, dowgerloan, duggerloan, leynee, loan, loanen, loaney, loanie, loanin, loanin$, loaning, loanings, loanins, lone, lonen, loney, lonin, lonnen, lonnin,
loan [lon]
n. A lane, a track, a milking place, a common green.
dim. loanie
v. To drive or pasture cattle, as on a loan.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
duggerloan: To go to the dogs, to wreck and ruin.
loanin [ˈlonɪn]: A field, paddock, lane, track.
Loanhaid, Loanheed, Loanheid,
Loanheid [ˈlonhid]
pn. Loanhead (Lothian).
loabbie, loabby, loabie, loaby, lobbie, lobby, lobey, lohbee,
lobby [ˈlɔbɪ, ˈlobe]
n. The hall(way) in a home.
lobe,
lobe [lob]
n. A lobe.
locail, local, localitie, locality, locyal,
local [ˈlokəl]
adj. Local.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
locality: arch. The revenue or produce of a certain piece of land.
location, locator,
location [ləˈkeʃən, arch. -ɑːʃən]
n. A location. leg. The act of hiring or renting.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
locator: One who hires or rents.
loch, lochan, loch-liver, loch-lubbertie, loch-lubberton, logh, louch, louchan, lough, loughan,
loch [lɔx, S. lʌux]
n. A lake. A fjord or arm of the sea.
dim. lochan [ˈlɔxən, S. ˈlʌuxə] A small lake.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
loch-liver [MN. ˈlɔx-ˈlɪvər], loch-lubbertie [-ˈlʌbərtɪ], loch-lubberton [-ˈlʌbərtən]: A jellyfish.
L$gelly, Lochgellie, Lochgelly,
Lochgelly [lɔxˈgɛle]
n. Leather strap previously used by teachers to punish pupils for speaking Scots and so forth. Named after Lochgelly.
Lochineuch,
Lochineuch [ˈlɔxɪnˈ(j)u(x)]
pn. Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire).
Lochinisland, Lochinislann,
Lochinisland [ˈlɔxɪnəiˈlən(d)]
pn. Loughinisland (County Down).

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