_To_ LOUP, _v. n._ to leap; to spring. LOUPIN-AGUE, _s._ St. Vitus' dance. LOUPIN-ON-STANE, _s._ a large stone, or flight of steps, for assisting a person to leap on a horse easily. LOW, _s._ a flame. LOZEN, _s._ a pane of glass. LUCKEN, _part. pa._ shut up; contracted. LUCKIE, LUCKY, _s._ an elderly woman; a grandmother; the mistress of an alehouse. LUCK-PENNY, _s._ a sum given to a person who makes a bargain. LUESOME, _adj._ lovely; worthy of being loved; attractive in manner or appearance. LUFE, LUIF, LUFFE, LOOF, _s._ the palm of the hand. LUG, _s._ the ear. LUGGIE, _s._ a small wooden dish for holding meat or drink, made of staves in the manner of a tub, with one of them prolonged considerably above the others. LUM, LUMB, _s._ a chimney. LUM-HEAD, _s._ the chimney-top. LUNCH, _s._ a large piece of anything, particularly applied to something eatable. LURE, _s._ the udder of a cow. LUSTY, _adj._ beautiful; pleasant; of agreeable manners. LYART-HAFFETS, _s._ grey hairs on the cheeks. --M-- MA, MAY, MAE, _adj._ more in number. MAAD, MAWD, _s._ a shepherd's plaid. MADGE, _s._ Magdalene. _To_ MAE, _v. n._ to bleat. MAGGS, _s._ a perquisite. MAHOUN, _s._ Mahomet; the devil. MAIDEN, _s._ an instrument formerly used for beheading state prisoners, similar in its construction to the French guillotine. MAIK, _s._ a cant word for a halfpenny. MAIL, _s._ tribute. _Black Mail_, a tax paid to freebooters by heritors and tenants for the security of their property. MAILAN, MAILING, MALING, _s._ a farm. MAIL-FREE, _adj._ without paying rent. MAIN, _s._ moan. MAINING, _adj._ moaning. MAINS, _s._ the chief farm of an estate, generally that which is attached to the mansion. MAIST, _adj._ most. MAISTER, _s._ a landlord; a designation given to the eldest son of a baron. MALISON, _s._ a curse. MAMMIE, _s._ a childish term for mother. MAN, _s._ a vassal; a husband; a male servant. MAN, MAUN, _aux. v_. must. MANE, _s._ lamentation. MANGLE, _s._ a calender. _To_ MANGLE, _v. a._ to calender linen or other clothes. MANSE, _s._ a parsonage house, the house of a minister. _To_ MANSWEIR, MENSWEIR, _v_. to perjure. _To_ MANT, MAUNT, _v. n._ to stammer. MARCHE, _s._ a landmark. MARK, MERK, _s._ a pound of thirty-two ounces. MARK, MIRK, _adj._ dark. MARROW, _s._ a companion; a married partner. MARROWLESS, _adj._ matchless. MART, MARTE, MAIRT, _s._ a cow or ox killed for winter's use. _To_ MASK, _v. a._ to catch in a net; to infuse. MAUK, _s._ a maggot. MAUKIN, _s._ a hare. MAUMIE, _adj._ mellow. MAUCHLESS, MAUCHTLESS, _adj._ feeble; inactive. MAW, _s._ a sea-gull. MAWKISH, _adj._ spiritless; actionless; slow. MAWT, _s._ malt. MAY, _s._ a maid; a virgin. MEDE, _s._ a meadow. MEIKLE, MEKYL, MUCKLE, _adj._ great. MELL, _s._ a maul. MELT, _s._ milt. MENDS, _s._ atonement. _To_ MENE, MEANE, MEYNE, _v. a._ to bemoan. MENSK, MENSE, _s._ dignity of demeanour; discretion.