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lodomie, lodomy,
lodomie [ˈlɔdəmɪ]
n. Laudanum.
loaf, lof, lofe, love,
lofe [lof v. loːv]
n. An offer.
v. To offer at a price either in buying or selling, to offer a smaller price than has been asked, to haggle about the price of a thing.
lagan, laggan, laggin, logan, loggan, loggin,
logan [MN. ˈlɔgən]
n. A collection of small articles e.g. coins or marbles etc. scattered for children to scramble for.
v. To scatter coins as at a wedding, or a collection of marbles, as when a child has grown too old to play with them.
loagie, logey, loggie, logie, lyogie,
logie [ˈlogi]
n. The fire-place of a kiln or the porch in front from which the fire is fed. The outer opening of a ventilation funnel in a corn stack. The ash or charred tobacco in a pipe, the dottle.
lite, loit, lowt, lyte,
loit [lɔit, ləit, lʌut]
n. A spurt of water from a boiling pot. A long rigmarole, a disconnected harangue. Of a speech or sermon etc.: a piece of written or spoken nonsense.
v. To throw something wet and soggy in a mass on the ground. To discharge from the body, to evacuate the bowels, to vomit. To do any kind of work clumsily and unskilfully. To mess about with some wet soppy material, to puddle about.
loak, lockere, loke, lokers, lokkars,
loke [lok]
also lokers
int. A euphamism for Lord expressing surprise or glee.
lomvie, lomwie, longi, longie, longvie, longwee, lungie,
longie [I.Sh. ˈlɔŋgi, ˈlɔŋwi]
n. The common guillemot Uria aalge.
lonach, lonachie, lonnach, lonnack, ronnach,
lonnach [SN. MN. ˈlonəx]
n. The couch grass Elymus repens or heaps thereof gathered for burning. A long piece of cord, twine or thread.
dim. lonachie
alood, lood, loodie, loudie,
lood [lud]
adj. Loud.
adv. Loudly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
alood [əˈ-] adv. Aloud
loodie: I.Sh. Loud noisy behaviour.
lood oot: Aloud.
loam, loamie, löm, lömie, loom, loomie, loum, loumie, luim, luimie, lum, lüm, lumie, lümie, lumji,
loom [lum, I. løm]
n. The indistinct appearance of anything seen through a haze or at a great distance, a haze or fog. I. The shiny appearance on the surface of water water caused by oil or other greasy substance.
dim. loomie [ˈløm(j)i] I. An oil slick.
v. To appear indistinctly as out of a haze or shadow.

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