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 206 Launder^ or Lander. A. water shute of a building. Lauch. A slojDpy mess, any ill combined liquid food. Beef tea and treacle, would be a Ictucli if mixed. Lawn, or Lawen. " A large open mine-work in the back of a lode left in a dangerous state." TowednacL T.c. Leaping-stock. See Hepping-stock. Leary, or Lairy. Faint and hungry, sinking from want of food. In use in Devon and Dorset. In Wilt- shire they say leer, (empty.) Leasing. Picking stones. Polwkele, Gleaning. c. Leat. An artificial channel for a stream, as of water for a mill. Leavers, or Lavers. Marsh Iris. Name probably from levar, Celtic Cornish, a book. Lemon plant. The verbena. Lent-lillies. Daffodils. Lerrick. To flap about, " lerriking about." Lerrup, or Lerruper. A slut. ^^A regular lerrup." A trollop. Lerrupin. Trolloping. Also, sometliing very big. " a lerrupin great turnip." Lerrups. Eags, tatters, "all to lerrups.'^ Lerrups, or Lirrups. See Bits.