Kye, kine.

    Lane, lone, alone. By a peculiar idiom in the Scotch this is frequently

         conjoined with the pronoun: as, 'his lane,' 'my lane,' 'their lane,'

         i. e., 'by himself,' 'by myself,' 'by themselves.'

    'Lang ten,' the ten of trumps in Scotch whist.

    Lassie, lassock, a little girl.

    Lave, the remainder.

    Leatherin', beating, drubbing.

    Letten, allowed.

    Lift, to carry off by theft.

    Linn, a cataract.

    Lippie, the fourth part of a peck.

    Loon, a fellow.

    Loot, looten, let, allowed.

    Lound, quiet.

    Loup, to leap.

    Lug, the ear.

    Mains, demesne.

    Mair, more.

    Maist, most.

    Mart, a fatted cow.

    Mann, must.

    Maunder, palaver.

    Maut, malt.

    Mensfu', modest, mindful.

    Mickle, much.

    Mind, to remember.

    Mirligoes, dizziness.

    Mislear'd, unmannerly.

    Mistaen, mistaken.

    Many, many.

    'Morn, the,' to-morrow.

    Muckle, much.

    Muir, a moor.

    Na, no, not.

    Naething, nothing.

    Naig, a nag.

    Neb, the nose, the beak.

    Neist, next.

    Neuk, a nook, a corner.

    Onstead, a farm-steading.

    Ony, any.

    Or, before.

    'Ordinar, by,' in an uncommon way.

    O 't, of it.

    Outshot, a projection in a building.

    Out-taken, excepting.

    Ower, over.

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