La | int | Lo |
Lab | v | Blab |
Labber (1) | adj | Rainy |
Labber (2) | v | Slobber |
Lacky | v | Beat severely |
Lack-A-Daisy-Me | int | Blimey |
Lade (1) | n | Running board |
Lade (2) | v | Lay down a hedge |
Ladyfied | adj | Ladylike |
Laff | n | Lathe |
Lag (1) | n | Water meadow |
Lag (2) | n | Pair (of geese) |
Lag (3) | adj | Sluggish |
Lagger | n | Long, narrow strip of land |
Lag-Wood | n | Sticks, oaken |
Lain (1) | n | Layer |
Lain (2) | v | Dress plough |
Lair | v | Domesticate |
Laitch | v | Idle |
Lake (1) | n | Stream |
Lake (2) | v | Play sport |
Lambkins | n | Catkins |
Lameness | n | Foot-rot |
Lamiger | n | Lame person |
Lammas-apple | n | Apple ripening around August 1st |
Lammas-plum | n | Hard winter wheat |
Lammocking | adj | Ungainly |
Lamper | v | Stride |
Lampers | n | Swelling of horse's mouth |
Lamploo | n | Game played by young people |
Lampsed | adj | Injured |
Lan | n | Lord (minced oath) |
Lancashire asphodel | n | Bog asphodel |
Lance (1) | n | Lancet |
Lance (2) | v | Leap |
Lanch | n | Flint bed, large |
Land’s-End | n | End of furrow in ploughed field |
Lander | n | Blow, heavy |
Land-Damn | v | Abuse verbally |
Lane | n | Irregular strip of grass bounding an arable field |
Lang | v | Long for |
Langet | n | Shackle |
Laning-Vein | n | Vein of Purbeck limestone |
Lank | n | Groin |
Lannock | n | Land, long strip of |
Lantern-sweat | n | Perspiration, excessive |
Lap | v | Beat |
Lapard | n | Vagina |
Laper | n | Kiss, loud |
Lappen | n | Fool |
Lapstone | n | Stone on which a shoemaker hammers leather |
Lap-Clap | n | Kiss, loud |
Lap-Eared | adj | Floppy-eared |
Larbets | n | Lamb's bollocks |
Lard-beater | n | Instrument used in making lard |
Larding Money | n | Rent, small |
Lare | n | Lathe |
Lark bunting | n | Corn bunting |
Larmy | adj | Sorrowful |
Larra | n | Wood turned by a lathe, piece of |
Larry (1) | n | Commotion |
Larry (2) | n | Grout |
Larry (3) | adj | Misty |
Lart | n | Loft |
Lary | n | Flank (meat) |
Lash | adj | Enfeebled |
Lasher | n | Weir |
Lash-Horse | n | Horse, second in a team of four |
Latt | n | Lathe |
Latchety | adj | Loose |
Late, at | adj | At length |
Lathe (1) | n | Weed |
Lathe (2) | v | Invite |
Lathy | adj | Slender |
Latitat | n | Talk, idle |
Latten | n | Leaf (metal) |
Latterly | adv | Lately |
Lattiprack | adj | Paralytic |
Lauchaids | n | Terraces on hillsides |
Laum | v | Swoon |
Launch out | v | Become extravagant |
Launder | n | Water spout |
Laurel-Wood | n | Spurge-laurel |
Lavant | n | Spring breaking out on downs |
Lave (1) | v | Draw water |
Lave (2) | v | Gutter (of candle) |
Lavell | n | Uvula |
Lavender-snips | n | Ivy-leaved toadflax |
Laver | n | Sea-lettuce |
Lavish | adj | Overgrown |
Law | v | Pile up |
Lawn | n | Field, unploughed part of |
Lawnder | n | Plough, part of |
Lawyer | v | Practice law |
Laxitory | n | Laxative |
Layers | int | Term used in marbles |
Lay-Overs | n | Corporal punishment |
Lazarus | n | Backbone of pig |
Leach | n | Rope, strand of |
Leaf | n | Pig fat |
Leak | n | Drop (of liquid) |
Lean | v | Sit |
Leap | n | Basket, large |
Leaping block | n | Horse block |
Lear (1) | adj | Empty |
Lear (2) | n | Channel made in beach for vessels to unload cargo |
Lear (3) | adj | Frightened |
Lear (4) | v | Employ |
Lease (1) | n | Pasture |
Lease (2) | n | Division of threads in warp |
Lease (3) | n | Cornerstone |
Lease (4) | n | Three (of game birds or animals) |
Lease (5) | v | Pick out |
Lease (6) | adj | Barren (of cow) |
Leastest | adj | Least |
Leat | n | Watercourse |
Leath | v | Rest |
Leathern-bird | n | Bat (animal) |
Leave | v | Allow |
Lebb | n | Tripe |
Lebb'n O'clock | n | Elevenses |
Lection | n | Likelihood |
Leddn | n | Wish |
Ledge (1) | n | Barn door |
Ledge (2) | v | Lay eggs |
Ledger | n | Scaffold, horizontal pole of |
Lee (1) | n | Shelter |
Lee (2) | n | Water, softened |
Leech (1) | n | Doctor |
Leech (2) | n | Tub used in making lye |
Leek-bed, dug up in the | n | Found in a cabbage patch (used when a child asks where they came from) |
Leeky | adj | Leeks, made from |
Leer (1) | n | Flank (meat) |
Leer (2) | n | Glimpse |
Leers | n | Pasture |
Leerspoole | n | Canna |
Leeward, go to the | adv | Dark side, turn to the |
Lemon-plant | n | Lemon verbena |
Lemp | n | Dropwort |
Lem-Fig | n | Eleme fig |
Lence | n | Loan |
Lendy | adj | Flexible |
Lennert | n | Linnet |
Lennow | adj | Flexible |
Lentil | n | Daffodil |
Lents | n | Daffodil |
Leopard | n | Common fritillary |
Leper | n | Bed of Swanage stone |
Lerrett | n | Boat, seaworthy |
Lerrick (1) | v | Flog |
Lerrick (2) | n | Large amount |
Lerrup | n | Tear (in fabric) |
Lerrups | n | Slacker |
Lescious of, be | adj | Know of a suitable venue |
Less (1) | conj | Unless |
Less (2) | conj | Lest |
Lesten | conj | Lest |
Let | v | Hinder |
Letch | n | Desire |
Level | v | Assess |
Level-handed | adj | With no money changing hands |
Levener | n | Elevenses |
Levers | n | Yellow flag iris |
Levvy | n | Level |
Lew | n | Shelter |
Lewer | n | Foot and mouth disease |
Lewis-cat | n | Arsonist |
Lewte | n | Rest-harrow (plant) |
Lewth | n | Shelter |
Lewze | n | Pig-sty |
Lezzory | n | Maple service tree |
Liable | adj | Likely |
Liard | n | Liar |
Libbet | n | Stick |
Libbet | n | Fragment |
Liberty | v | Release |
Library | n | Library book |
Lich | n | Corpse |
Licker | n | Surprise |
Lickerish | adj | Saccharine |
Licket | n | Fragment |
Licking | adj | Intensive (eg "A licking gert 'am") |
Lid | n | Cupboard door |
Lidden | n | Folk song |
Lide | n | March (month) |
Liffy | v | Seduce and abandon |
Lift | n | Falsehood |
Lifting-stock | n | Horse block |
Lighten | v | Find |
Lightsome | adj | Light-hearted |
Ligster | n | Liar |
Lijon | n | Roof-beam |
Liken | adj | Likely |
Liker | adj | More likely |
Lile | adj | Little |
Lill | v | Pant |
Lily-hanger | n | Udder |
Limbick | n | Still (brewing) |
Limbless | adj | Beyond repair |
Limb-Meal | adv | Piecemeal |
Limmer | n | Term of endearment |
Limmers | adj | Base |
Limmocks | n | Smithereens |
Limn | v | Sketch |
Limperscrimp | n | Cow parsnip |
Limple | v | Limp |
Limpsy | adj | Limp |
Lin | n | Flax |
Lincher | n | Ridge dividing ploughed fields |
Linchet | n | Ridge dividing ploughed fields |
Linch-Pin | n | Penis of stag |
Line (1) | v | Weld |
Line (2) | v | Lean |
Lined | adj | Having a white streak on back (of animal) |
Linet | n | Flax, dressed |
Ling (1) | n | Heather |
Ling (2) | n | Backyard |
Linge (1) | v | Lounge |
Linge (2) | adj | Pliable |
Linget | n | Linnet |
Linguister | n | Linguist |
Linhay | n | Cowshed |
Lining | n | Loins |
Link | v | Sunbathe |
Link-gawn | n | Bucket |
Linnard | n | Last to finish a meal |
Linse-pin | n | Lynchpin |
Linsey | n | Cloth, coarse |
Lintseed | n | Linseed |
Lipe | n | Pleat |
Lipped | adj | Freed |
Lippery | adj | Rainy |
Lippets | n | Rags |
Lipping | adj | Rainy |
Lippitty-Lop | adv | Limping |
Lippy | adj | Rainy |
Lipshod | n | Flaw |
Lipsy | adv | Lisping |
Liptupain | n | Remedy in mummer's play |
Lirripoop | n | Dotard |
Liruppy | adj | Crumpled |
Lish | n | Pasture |
Lissom | n | Streak |
Lissome | adj | Light |
List | n | Edge of cloth |
List-Wall | n | Wall covered with turf |
Listing | n | Edge of cloth |
Listy-Bed | n | Seacombe stone, bed of |
Litt | n | Sheep-walk |
Litch | n | Matted mass |
Lite | adj | Few |
Lithe | n | Pasture, steep |
Lither | adj | Lithe |
Lithy | adj | Muggy |
Litten | n | Cemetary |
Littocks | n | Rags |
Litty | adj | Active |
Live | adj | Fresh |
Live | n | Life |
Live-blood | n | Restlessness, physical |
Liven | v | Enliven |
Liver | n | Inhabitant |
Loader | n | Carter |
Loady | adj | Top-heavy |
Loan (1) | n | Supplication for alms |
Loan (2) | n | Handrail |
Lob (1) | n | Lump |
Lob (2) | n | Last person in race |
Lob (3) | v | Droop |
Lob's-Pound | n | Prison |
Lobbet | v | Loiter |
Loblolly | n | Ne'er-do-well |
Lobscouse | n | Stew |
Lobsided | adj | Lopsided |
Lob-Grass | n | Soft brome-grass |
Lock (1) | n | Small quantity |
Lock (2) | v | Entice |
Locker | n | Brake |
Locking-bone | n | Hip-bone |
Locust | n | Cockchafer |
Loddon Lily | n | Summer snowflake |
Lode | n | Path across marsh |
Lodging | adj | Static |
Lodlum | n | Laudanum |
Lodyholt | n | Foot and mouth disease |
Loert | v | Travel quickly |
Log (1) | v | Oscillate |
Log (2) | v | Play truant |
Logger | n | Fetter |
Loggerums | n | Black knapweed |
Loggy | adj | Heavy-set |
Logic | n | Nonsense |
Log-Caterpillar | n | Larva of goat-moth |
Loiter-louch | v | Saunter |
Loll | v | Stick tongue out |
Lollicker | n | Tongue |
Lollipop | n | Candy, hard |
Lolly (1) | n | Sweetmeat |
Lolly (2) | n | Broth |
Lollycock | n | Turkey-cock |
Lollypot | n | Slacker |
Lolly-Banger | n | Gingerbread with raisins |
Lomber | n | Clamber |
Lomey | n | Child, spoilt |
Lommock | n | Chunk (of food) |
Lone (1) | adv | Alone |
Lone (2) | n | Lodging-house |
Long (1) | v | Belong |
Long (2) | prep | Along |
Longful | adj | Tedious |
Longsome | adj | Tedious |
Looby | n | Fool |
Looker | n | Eye |
Looking-glass | n | Hare trap, type of |
Loom | n | Wake of fish |
Looming-Like | v | Staggering |
Loon | n | Northern diver |
Loop | v | Elope |
Loor | int | Lord (minced oath) |
Loore | n | Sore in hoof |
Loose | n | Rut made by cart-wheel |
Lop (1) | n | Faggot-wood |
Lop (2) | v | Run |
Loppet | v | Lollop |
Lop-Grass | n | Soft brome-grass |
Lorry | n | Cart |
Lor-A-Massy | int | Lord have mercy |
Loss | v | Lose |
Lost | n | Loss |
Lotment | n | Allotment |
Lottle | v | Babble (like brook) |
Louch | v | Slouch |
Louchet | n | Large piece |
Loudering | v | Smuggling |
Louk | v | Lattice (of window) |
Lounder | v | Beat |
Loup (1) | v | Bound |
Loup (2) | n | Sea-louse |
Lour | v | Skulk |
Louse | v | Froth up ale |
Louster | v | Work hard |
Lout | v | Bow |
Louter | n | Slacker |
Louting | adj | Loutish |
Louvre | n | Chimney |
Love | v | Pile up (of barley) |
Lovier | n | Lover |
Loving | adj | Adhesive |
Low (1) | v | Lower |
Low (2) | v | Allow |
Low (3) | v | Pile up (of barley) |
Lowbell | n | Bell signalling that cows were to be taken out into the fields |
Lowle-Eared | adj | Long-eared |
Lown | adj | Quiet |
Lowse | v | Loosen |
Lowsen | v | Listen |
Lozenger | n | Lozenge |
Lubber-Cock | n | Turkey-cock |
Luce (1) | n | Sore (in sheep) |
Luce (2) | adj | Liukewarm |
Luck | n | Tidal pool |
Luckey | adj | Morose |
Lug (1) | n | Stick, long |
Lug (2) | n | Sand-worm |
Lug (3) | adj | Lug |
Lugger (1) | n | Strip of land |
Lugger (2) | v | Haul |
Luggett | n | Small load of hay or corn |
Lum (1) | n | Chimney |
Lum (2) | n | Pool in river bed, deep |
Lumbersome | adj | Cumbersome |
Lumberum | n | Clumsy person |
Lummy | n | Half-wit |
Lumper | v | Stumble |
Lumping | adj | Cumbersome |
Lumpus | adv | Heavily |
Lumpy | adj | Sluggish |
Lunch | n | Lump |
Luncheon | n | Slice, thick |
Lungwort | n | Jerusalem cowslip |
Lunge | v | Lounge |
Luny | adj | Loony |
Lurch | v | Lurk |
Lurdane | adj | Slacker |
Lure | n | Game |
Lurry (1) | n | Loose talk |
Lurry (2) | v | Hurry |
Lurry (3) | adj | Incontinent (of cattle) |
Lushings | n | Lots |
Lust | v | Lean |
Lusty | adj | Sturdy |
Lutter | v | Scatter |
Lutter-Pooch | n | Slovenly person |
Lydford Law | n | Rough justice |
Lye-leech | n | Vessel for making lye |
Lymptwigg | n | Lapwing |