LARGE, _adj._ large, A 472, 753; great, I 705; wide, broad, R. 1351; liberal, bounteous, R. 1168; B 3489, I 465; generous, B 1621, 2950; lavish, B 2. p 5. 16; free, 3. 893; T. v. 804; _at thy l._, at large, free, A 1283; _at his l._, free (to speak or to be silent), A 2288; free to move, HF. 745; _at our large_, free (to go anywhere), D 322. LARGE, _adv._ liberally, 1. 174; freely, A 734. LARGELY, _adv._ fully, A 1908, 2738; in a wide sense, I 804. LARGENESSE, _s._ liberality, I 1051. LARGER, _adj. comp._ wider, B 4. p 6. 86. LARGESSE, _s._ liberality, R. 1150; 7. 42; B 2. p 5. 12; I 284; bounty, B 2465; liberal bestower, 1. 13; Larges, bounty, HF. 1309. LARKE, _s._ lark, 5. 340; T. iii. 1191; L. 141 _a_; HF. 546; A 1491; Lark (_before a vowel_), R. 915. LAS, _s._ lace, snare, entanglement, L. 600; A 1817, 1951; net, A 2389; Laas, lace, i.e. thick string, A 392; band, G 574; lace (i.e. laces), R. 843; Lace, snare, entanglement, 18. 50. Compare 'Ge qui estoie pris o[`u] _laz_ O[`u] Amors les amans enlace': Rom. de la Rose, 15310. LASH; see LASSHE. LASSE, _adj. comp._ less, R. 118; A pr. 42; A 4409, C 602; lesser, A 1756; smaller, B 2262; less (time), A 3519; _lasse and more_, smaller and greater, i.e. all, E 67; _the lasse_, the lesser, R. 187. See LESSE. LASSE, _adv._ less, 3. 927; 6. 105; L. 14, 333, 2256; _the las_, the less, 3. 675. LASSHE, _s._ lash, 5. 178; Lash (_for_ Lasshe, _before_ have), stroke, T. i. 220. LAST, _s. pl._ lasts, i.e. burdens, loads, B 1628. See the note. A.S. _hlaest_, a burden, load, a ship's freight; from _hladan_, to lade. LASTE, _adj. def. perhaps_ lowest (see note), B 2. p 5. 35; last, 10. 71; _atte l._, at last, 3. 364, 1194, 1221; lastly, B 2. p 6. 85; A. 707. LASTE, _v._ last, endure, 4. 226; Last, _pr. s._ lasts, 5. 49; B 2. p 4. 58; T. iv. 588; L. 2241; E 266; Laste, _pt. s._ lasted, 2. 16; B 1826; delayed, L. 791; _pt. pl._ 3. 177; B 3390, 3508; _pt. s. subj._ might last, L. 1239. LAT, let; see LETE. LATE, _adj._ late, B 4. m 6. 11; tardy, B 4. p 4. 30; slowly revolving, B 4. m 5. 4; _bet than never is late_, G 1410; _til now late_, till it was already late, 3. 45. LATE, _adv._ lately, A 77, 690. LATE, -N, let; see LETE. LATHE, _s._ barn (Northern), HF. 2140; A 4088. Icel. _hladha_. LATIN, _s._ Latin, B 519. LATIS, _s._ lattice, T. ii. 615. (Many MSS. have _gates_; see note.) LATITUDE, _s._ (1) breadth, A. i. 21. 27; (2) the breadth of a climate, or a line along which such breadth is measured, A. ii. 39. 19; (3) _astronomical_, the angular distance of any body from the ecliptic, measured along a great circle at right angles to the ecliptic, A. pr. 71; (4) _terrestrial_, the distance of a place N. or S. of the equator, A. ii. 39. 24; B 13, E 1797. LATOUN, _s._ latten, a compound metal, like pinchbeck, containing chiefly copper and zinc, A 699, 3251, C 351, F 1245; Laton, B 2067. LATREDE, _adj._ tardy, dawdling, I 718. A.S. _latr[=ae]de_. LATTER, _adv._ later, more slowly, I 971.