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 BAST CORNWALL GLOSSART. 91 of no Tery dedded meaning ; bat it aigmfies to put of, as much as to say, " You don't mean what you say," " Gfi> along with you." Generally in £. 0. it is used as supplementary to any earnest request, and is yery ezpreesiTe of eager entreaty. Lairy, Leery, adj. descriptive of emptiness or sinking at the stomach. Lake, a small stream of running water. Sometimes a space in the open sea where a particular current txwb, as the kJce off Folperro. Gwavas lake, LampeTi the lamprey. Lampered, mottled. "Lampered all over," like the sea lampiey. Lank, the flank, or groin. Lapstone, the stone on which a shoemaker beats his leather. Lask, a slice taken off the tail of a mackerel ; a favourite bait in whiffing for mackerel or pollack. Latten, tin. Lannder, a shute running under the eaves of a house. Lawrence, Larrence, the rural god of idleness.  He's as lazy as Larenee/* *' One wad think that Larence had got hold o'n. A most humorous illustration of the dialect of Somersetshire, by Mr. James Jennings, printed in Brayley's Oraphic and HUtorical lUustraior, p. 42, shows that Zarence is there held in the same repute. Leasing, gleaning. Leat, a mill stream. Lent-lily, the daffodil, Narcissiia pseudo-Narcissiis, Lerriping, expressive of unusual size. A slang term like  whopping. Let, to hinder or stop. Still in common use among boys at play : Leyern^ the -phait, Iris pseiidctcorus. From Z^m, leaves; thin laminae, very descriptive of the flag or marsh iris. Lew, sheltered. A common word in the Wessex dialect, signifying a sunny aspect, but protected from the wind, eminently descriptive of our towns, the Looes. Lewth, shelter. . Lidden, a monotonous song or tale. Carew says it means a **hj^ word," Lide, the month of March. Liggan, or Lig. The manure composed of autumnal leaves washed down by a stream, and deposited by side eddies (Fowey). A species of sea-weed. See Worgan'i General View of Agriculture in ComwalL p. 126.
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