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LEUMADAIR
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LIONADH
frisk, skip, start, fight, quarrel ; kiim iad I
air a clieile, they fought, theyquarrelled;
n. m. a jump, leap, spring 5 animal se-
men, an emission.
Lec.madair, làm'-ad-àr', n. m. the size of
salmon, between the grilse and full grown
salmon, Is. ; dolphin, Shaw ; a small
whale, H. Society i leumdair feoir, a
grasshopper; aUo leumadair uaine.
Leli.mhann, lyav' aim, n- m. meal-receiver.
Leumraich, lyàm'-rrèch, n. f. frisking,
skipping; also leumnaich.
Leum-uisce, Ij àra'-ushg-à, n. m. water-fall.
Leus, lias, n. m. blink, glimmer, ray of
light; cha'u'eil leus soluisanso, there is
not a blink or ray of light here ; a torch
for poaching fish on rivers; a blister;
mil air do bheul gad robh leus air do
theanga, hotiey on your lips, though there
should be a blister vn your tongue. Prov.
a cataract or speck on the eye. M. P.
Leusaich, llyès'-èch, v. bUster, raise blis-
ters.
Leus-teine, lyès'-tyen-à, n. m. firebrand.
LiAGH, lea, ru f. a ladle, an oar-blade.
LiATH, lea, V. lilac, grey-haired, grey-head-
ed, mouldy ; v. make grey-headed, make
grey, turn grey, mould, get mouldy ; ar-
an air liathadh, bread getting mouldy ;
liath e, his head got grey.
LiATHCHEARc, Ueà'-chyerk, n.f. female of
the black grouse or blackcock.
LiATHFAiL, lèa'-fà'l, 7!./. the stone on which
the ancient kings of Scotland used to be
crowned, now in Westminster Abbey.
Smith.
LiATHGKLAS, Ihea'-ghlas, adj. greyish.
LiATHGHORM, leà'-gAòrm, adj. light-blue,
lilac.
LiATHLUs, leàl'-liis, n. m. mugwort.
LiATHNAcn, lèàn'-nach, n.m. hare- or hoar-
frost. Islay ; in some places liath-reoth-
adh.
LiATiiTHROSG, lèà'-hr6sg, n. m. bird field-
fare. H. S.
Lid, Uejj, n. m. a word, syllable.
LiGHE, llè'-à, «. f. flood. H. Society.
LiGHiCH, lè'-èch, V. doctor, lance, let blood.
LiGHiciiE, lyè'-èch-à, n. m. a physician, a
doctor, a surgeon ; lighichean, doctors.
Linn, lyenn, n.f. a generation, age, mini,
stration, incumbency or time in office,
race, offspring ; family ; day ; ri linn do
s\\einTaha\r,duringthe time or age of your
grandTiiotker, — long, long ago; anns na
linntean deireanach, in the latter days \
ri linn Mhaighstir Alastair, during the
ministration or incumbency of the Rev.
Mr. Alexander \ ri m' linn, in my day,
while I was in office, while 1 was there;
ri dWi«n-se, during your incumbency;
cogadh o linn gu tiiin, war front gtnera.
Hon to generation ; ri d' latha is ri d' linn,
during your day and generation; linn
Dhiarmaid o'n Tuirc, the family ofDiar-
medfrom Turkey, Lg. ; o linn gu linn,
from one generation to another j gu linn
nan linntean, from generation to gene-
ration ; ri linn duit dol dachaidh, at the
period you may go home ; eadar da linn,
between wind and water, between sinking
and swimming.
Li.N.NE, lyènn'-à, n.f. a pool, a mill-dam,
a lake, a sound, a chamiel ; a' dol thar
na linne, crossing the channel; an liiive
Rosach, the Soiind of Jura ; lit. the
channel of disappointment, it being very
ill to navigate.
LixNicH, lyènn'-èch, v. line, as clothes;
sheath, as a vessel ; 7j./. layer ; alining,
sheathing; aline, a note, a card in wri-
ting; a linnich phòsaidh, marriage-line;
cuir linnich a dh'ionnsuidh, drsp him a
card ; linnich ma seach, layer about ; a
brood or dozen of eggs ; linig. N.
LiNN'SEACH, lènn'-shyech, n.f. shrouds,
canvass.
LioB 5 see Shop, a blubber-lip.
LioBASTA, see Sliobasta, slovenly, clumsy.
LioBH, lev, n. f. slimy substance like blood
on the surface of water — hence Glenlyon,
from a memorable battle fought by the
Romans there.
LioBHAiR, lyev'-èr, v. deliver, handovci,
resign ; in Lochaber, lèu'-èr.
LiOBHAiRT, lev'-àrty', n.f. delivery, resig-
nation.
LioBiiRAGACH, Icv'-rag-ach, n.f. kind of
sea-lichen, or sea-weed of a greenish co-
lour.
LiOD, lyèdd, n. m. a lisp, stammer.
LioDACH, lyedS'-ach, adj. stammering.
LioDAiCHE, lèd2'-èch-à, ?i. m. stammerti,
stutterer, lisper ; impediment of speech.
LiOMH, lev, V. put to the grinding-stone ;
polish, burnish ; clach liomhaidh neo
liomhain, a grindstone; clach lionraidh,
in some places.
Lio.MHARRA, lèv'-urr.a, a. glossy, polished.
Liox, Hen, n. m. lint, flax ; a net, a snare;
proportionate quantity or complement ; a
bualadh an I'm, beetling thejlax ; lion Ian
èisg, net full of fish ; biadh le altoniXa
ainleann, food, with its complement, or
proportionate quantity of condimeiit; v.
fill, satiate, replenish, completely please
or satisfy ; flow ;is the tide ; lion an
soitheach, fill the dish ; cha'n'eil so 'gam
honadh, this does not entirely please me ;
tha e lionadh, the tide is coming iru
LioN'ADAiR, len'-ad-ar, n. m. filler.
Lionadh, len'-l, n. m. the reflux of the
tide ; pt. filling, flowing, answering ex
pectaticns replenishing, satiating.