LADDRE, _s._ ladder, R. 485, 523; Laddres, _pl._ B 1. p 1. 24; A. 1. 12. 2; A 3624, B 2160. LADE, _ger._ to load, cover, T. ii. 1544. LADEL, _s._ ladle, A 2020, H 51. LADY, _s._ 1. 16, 17, 81; B 1637, D 2200; Lady, _gen._ lady's, 3. 949; T. i. 99, 812, ii. 32; A 88, 695; _voc._ A 839; Ladyes, _pl._. B 254; Ladies, A 898; The book of the nynetene Ladies, i.e. the Legend of Good Women, I 1086. LADYSHIPPE, _dat._ ladyship, 7. 191. LAFT, LAFTE; see LEVE. LAK, _s._ want, defect, lack, 3. 958; 7. 110; 10. 5; 15. 7; L. 1534; B 4034; blame, dispraise, L. 298 _a_; Lakke, _dat._ lack, want, 5. 87, 615; D 1306, E 2271; loss, F 430, 443; _acc._ fault, E 2199. LAKE, _s._ lake, pond, 5. 313; D 269. LAKE, _s._ a kind of fine white linen cloth, B 2048. Halliwell notes that shirts were formerly made of it, and quotes a passage containing the phrase 'white as _lake_.' The word probably was imported from the Low Countries, as _laken_ is a common Dutch word for cloth; the Dutch for a sheet is also _laken_ or _bedlaken_. LAKKEN, _v._ find fault with, disparage, blame, R. 284; _ger._ to blame, T. i. 189; Lakketh, _pr. s._ lacks, B 1437, G 498; _pr. s. impers._ lacks; _me lakketh_, I lack, 2. 105; 3. 898; Lakke, _2 pr. pl._ lack, are in want of, D 2109; Lakked, _pt. s._ was lacking, was wanting, A 2280, C 41; Lakkede, _pt. s. impers._ A 756; Lakked, F 16, 1186. LAKKING, _s._ lack, stint, R. 1147. LAMB, _s._ 1. 172; L. 2318; A 3704, B 459, 1771, E 538; Lomb, L. 1798; B 617; Lambes, _pl._ I 792. LAMBE-SKINNES, _pl._ lambskins, R. 229. LAMBIK, _s._ limbeck; A lambik, _for_ Alambik, T. iv. 520 _n_. LAMBISH, _adj._ gentle as lambs, 9. 50. LAME, _adj._ lame, weak, T. ii. 17; halting, 1. 76. LAMENTACIOUN, _s._ lamentation, A 935, B 4545. LAMPE, _s._ lamina, thin plate, G 764. F. _lame_, a thin plate, Lat. _lamina_. The insertion of excrescent _p_ occurs after _m_ in other words in Chaucer; as in _solempne_, _dampne_. LAMPES, _pl._ lamps, L. 2610; G 802. LANG['A]GE, _s._ language, A 211, F 100. LANGE, _adj._ long (Northern), A 4175. (Correctly _lang_, without e.) See LONG. LANG['O]UR, _s._ weakness, 1. 7; slow starvation, R. 214; B 3597; languishing, R. 304; L['a]ngour, _s._ illness, sickness, R. 970; F 1101. LANGUISSHE, _v._ fail, HF. 2018; Languissheth, _pr. s._ languishes, E 1867, F 950; Languisshing, _pres. pt._ 5. 472; 7. 178. LANGUISSHING, _s._ languishing, 7. 205. LANGURETH, _pr. s._ languishes, E 1867 _n_. LANTERNE, _s._ lantern, T. v. 543; D 334, I 1036; Lantern, lamp, guidance, L. 926. LAPIDAIRE, a treatise on precious stones, HF. 1352. See note. LAPPE, _s._ flap, corner, B 1. p 2. 19; fold, lappet, or edge of a garment, T. ii. 448, iii. 59, 742, F 441, G 12; lap, A 686, B 3644, F 475; a wrapper, E 585. A.S. _laeppa_, lap, border, hem. LAPPE, _v._; Lappeth, _pr. s._ enfolds, embraces, 4. 76. (For _wlappeth_.) LAPWING, _s._ lapwing, peewit, 5. 347.