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lumber,
lumber [ˈlʌmbər]
n. col. A girlfriend or boyfriend, a one-night-stand. To 'get off with'.
lummer,
lummer [ˈlʌmər]
n. Lumber.
lump, lumps, tide_lumps, tide-lumps,
lump [lʌmp]
n. A lump. A lot, a large amount or portion, a piece or portion of land.
 
lumpy
adj. Lumpy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
blind lump: A boil
tide lumps: I.Sh. Sea bulding up quickly trough the action of tidal currents.
Lomonds, Lumunts, Paps_o_Fife,
Lumunts [ˈlʌmʌnts]
pn. The Lomond Hills (Fife).
also known as the Paps o Fife.
lunatic,
lunatic [ˈlunətɪk]
n. A lunatic.
lunch, lunchick, lunchock, lunsh, lunshach,
lunch [lʌnʃ]
n. Lunch. A lump, large slice of food, chunk, hunk.
dim. lunchock
loung, lowng, lung, lungs,
lung [lʌŋ]
n. A lung.
pl. lungs
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
stourie lungs: Pneumoconiosis, silicosis
longi, lungi, lungie,
lungie [I.Sh. ˈlʌŋi]
n. One of the intestines of a sheep. Often used for puddings or sausages.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
lang lungie: The colon.
short lungie: The caecum.
lunk, lunkieness, lunkiness,
lunk [lʌŋk]
adj. Tepid, lukewarm. Of weather: close, sultry, as before rain or thunder. Also lunkieness.
lonker, lonket, lonkor, lonky, lonquhard, lounkart, luncart, lunkart, lunker, lunket, lunkie, lunkor, lunky, unky,
lunkart [ˈlʌŋkər(t)]
n. A hunting lodge, a temporary dwelling in a deer forest. A hole with a lintel stone made in a wall to allow sheep to pass through or a stream to flow under, the mouth of a sewage-conduit. A large lenticular mass or nodule of one mineral in the layers of another.
dim. lunkie

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