_Jaccacinths_, hyacinths. _Jaw_, a wave or gush of water. _Jee_, to incline on one side. _Jo_, sweetheart. K. _Kaim_, or _kame_, comb. _Kale_, or _kail_, colewort; and sometimes, broth. _Kanny_, or _canny_, fortunate; also, wary, one who manages his affairs discreetly; cautious. _Kedgy_, or _cadgie_, jovial. _Keep up_, hide, or retain. _Ken_, to know. _Kenna_, know not. _Kent_, a long staff, such as shepherds use for leaping over ditches. _Kilted_, tucked up. _Kirn_, a churn; to churn. _Kitted_, kept in a small wooden vessel. _Kittle_, difficult, mysterious, knotty (writings). _Kittle_, to tickle, ticklish; vexatious. _Knit up themsells_, hang up themselves. _Know_, a hillock, a knoll. _Kow_, goblin. _See Notes_, p. 89. _Ky_, kine or cows. L. _Lair_, or _lear_, learning; to learn. _Laith_, loth. _Lake_, lack. _Landwart_, the country, or belonging to it; rustic. _Lane_, alone. _Lang_, long. _Langsome_, slow, tedious. _Lang-syne_, long ago; sometimes used as a substantive noun, auld _lang-syne_, old times by-past. _Lap_, leaped. _Lave_, the rest or remainder. _Lavrock_, the lark. _Leal_, or _leel_, true, upright, honest, faithful to trust, loyal; "a _leal_ heart never lied." _Lee_, untilled ground; also an open grassy plain. _Leek_,--_clean's a leek_, perfectly clever and right. _Leen_, cease, give up, yield. _Leglen_, a milking-pail with one lug or handle. _Len_, lend, loan. _Let na on_, do not divulge. _Leugh_, laughed. _Lick_, to whip or beat; a blow. _Lied_, ye lied, ye tell a lie. _Lift_, the sky or firmament. _Lills_, the holes of a wind instrument of music; hence, "_lilt_ up a spring." _Lin_, a waterfall. _Linkan_, walking speedily. _Loan_, or _loaning_, a passage for the cattle to go to pasture, left untilled; a little common, where the maids often assembled to milk the ewes. _Loe_, or _loo_, to love. _Loof_, the hollow of the hand. _Lounder_, a sound blow. _Lout_, to bow down, making courtesy; to stoop. _Low_, flame. _Lowan_, flaming. _Lowp_, to leap. _Lowrie_, _lawrie_, cunning; a designation given to the fox. _Lucky_, grandmother, or goody. _Lug_, ear; handle of a pot or vessel. _Luggie_, a dish of wood with a handle. _Lug out_, pull or draw out. _Lyart_, hoary or grey-haired. M.