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 jesses, leather straps round the legs of a hawk. jeux desprit, clever sayings. joes, sweethearts. joint-stool, low stool. justice-air, assizes.

kail, kale, cabbage; broth made from greens. kain, duty paid by a tenant to hislandlord in eggs, fowls, &c. keeking-glass, looking-glass. kelpy, a water-spirit. ken, know; kend, known. kenspeckle, peculiar, easily recognized. kiln, oven. kirn, churn. knaveship, mill-dues paid to the knaves or servants. knowe, knoll, hillock. kyte, stomach.

laith, loath. lamping, going with long steps. lap, leaped. lapis offensionis et petra scandali, a stone of offence, and a rock of stumbling. lowing, tavern reckoning. leaguer, to lie, to be in camp. levin-bolt, lightning, a thunderbolt. limmar, rogue, light woman. lippy, fourth part of a peck. lith, a joint, a limb. loon, young man or young woman of doubtful character. lucubrations, studies by candlelight. lupus in fabula, the wolf in the fable.

manege, the art of training and managing horses. mark, merk, a coin worth 13s. 4d. in England: in Scotland about 13d. mart, a fatted cow; an animal slaughtered for winter use. Martlemas, the feast of St. Martin, November 11. mazer-dish, a drinking-vessel, or cup. mea paupera régna, my poor domains. meal-girnel, large chest for holding meal. melder, as much meal as is ground at one time. menseful, mannerly, mindful, modest. mew, a cage for hawks. minched collops, finely minced meat. misdoubt, mistrusting. misleard, ill-taught, ill-bred. molendinar, of or belonging to a mill. Molinara, maid of the mill. mortreux, a dish of mixed meats. moss-hag, pits or sloughs in a mire or bog. moss-trooper, a marauder, Border thief. mot, might; a bugle-note. mows, jest; na mows, no jest. muckle, much. mug-ewe, a particular breed of sheep. mulcture, fines, taxes. murrey-coloured, of a mulberry, or dark-red colour.

naig, nag. ne sit ancillae tibi amor pudori, do not be ashamed of loving your hand-maid. negatur, Gulielme Allan, I deny it, William Allan. neist, nearest, next. nicker, neigh. noil, rap, strike together. nombles, part of the entrails of a deer.

O gran bonta, &c. (p. 353): O high nobility of the knights of old! Enemies were they and of faith diverse. obnubilated, obscured. oremus, let us pray.