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LARGESS promise, appearance LIKING condition LIMBECK a still LIMBO or Limbo patrum, the place where good men under the Old Testament were believed to be imprisoned till released by Christ after his crucifixion LIME to entangle as with bird-lime To smear with bird-lime To mix lime with beer or other liquor LIMN to draw LINE to cover on the inside To strengthen by inner works LINSTOCK a staff with a match at the end of it used by gunners in firing cannon LIST a margin - a bound or enclosure LITHER lazy LIVERY a law phrase, signifying the act of delivering a freehold into the possession of the heir or purchaser - uniform LIVING lively, convincing LOACH a fish so called LOCKRAM coarse linen LODE-STAR the leading-star, pole-star LOFFE to laugh LOGGATS the game called nine-pins LONGLY longingly LOOF to lull, bring a vessel up to the wind LOON a low contemptible fellow LOT a prize in a lottery LOTTERY that which falls to a man by lot LOWT a clown LOWT to treat one as a lowt, with contempt LOZEL a spendthrift LUBBER a leopard LUCE a fresh-water fish LUMPISH duff, dejected LUNES fits of lunacy LURCH to defeat, to win, to shift LURE a thing stuffed to resemble a bird with which the falconer lures a hawk LUSH juicy, luxuriant LUSTIG lusty, cheerful LUXURIOUS lascivious LUXURY lust LYM a limer or slow hound |
