Page:Glossary of words in use in Cornwall.djvu/442

 ALMONDBURT AND HUDDERSFIELD. 81 Lorrimer, sh. a name given by some to the * lang larence ' (which Lotch, or Lotoh in, vb, to moye as children do with the hand and thigh ; to take more space than is allowed at a game ; to go farther than ihe rest to make a jump ; to peg too many holes at hagatolle, cribbage, Ac, Loup, vb. another form of the verb lope. See Arman WateVy ver. 2 : He rode the right gate and the ready : For a* the storm he wadna stay, For seeking o' his bonny lady/ Again in May Colvin^ yer. 6 : " Your bridal bed you see." ' Love (pronounced in the plural as loaves of bread ; gl. loav), sb, a term of endearment : much in use. LoTe and sioh. ' All love and nch ' is an expression signifying full of love. Ldvers (pronounced lodvers), ab. Chimneys or chimney-pots are sometimes so called. The word was heard at Halifax, but seems hardly known here. [It occurs in Spenser^s Faerie Queen, vi 10, 42 : ' Ne lightned was with window nor with lover.* It rhymes with * discover,' 'over,' and 'hover.' It is the Mid. Eng. louvre. Cf. Eng. luferhoarda.—Yl. W. S.] Lozin, a word used to express the dismissal of a congregation. ' T' church is lazing* i. e. the people are leaving after service. Lngs, sb, the ears, or hair ; also the handles to a tub or pitcher. Lnm, sb. a chimney. Lnmb, adj. useless, in the sense of ' numb.' Lnmbman, sb. a shiftless fellow. Lnmpheftd, or Lnmyed, sb. a blockhead ; also a hemispherical-headed iron used for ironing into the * gathers ' of shirts. Lnmpydioks, sb. a kind of oatmeal porridge made with water. If ordinary porridge were being made the meal would be scattered in finely ; but in the case of lumpydicks the meal is dropped in lumpy as the water is boiling. The hot uquid sears it over, and it still remains lumpy. This may be improved by adding milk. Lnmreek, sb. chimney-smoke. Lnngin, or Lnngy {g soft), adj. coarse ; sulky-looking, &c. Lnreher, or Lnrching man (ch Boit),sb. one who slinks about poaching, G
 * He*8 loupen on his bonny grey,
 * ** Loup off the steed ! ^ says false Sir John,