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L U A
o-las mo luaidh, pale is my beloved. — Oss. Com. Cothrom
fiiaidhe, a wciglit of lead. — Stew. Zech. Luaidli-pliorm,
blue lead. — Macint. I.uaidh cliaol, lead-drops, small shot ;
eitean luaidhe, a lead-drop.
LuAiDiiE, s./. (Ir.id.) Coition, copulation.
Li'AiDHEACH, a. Laudable; giving praise; abounding in
lead.
LuAiDHEACHD, s./.,/rora luaidh. (/r. luaidheacht.) Praise;
nicntion ; frequent mention ; love ; reward ; requital ; re-
nown.
LuAiDREAN-, cin, s. ?«. {h. id.) A vagabond ; a/so, vagary.
t LuAiGii, a. {Ir. id.) Cheerful, pleasant; substantively,
buying; price.
LuAiGn, s.f. See Luaidh.
LuAiGHEACHD, S.f. {Ir. id.) Rcquital, reward. — Sterv.
Pro. Written also iuaidhtachd ; which see.
Luailleach, ich, s. m. {fr. id.) A mimic; a buffoon.—
Shaw.
Luailleach, a. See Luailteacii.
Luailte, s.f. Speed, despatch.
LuAiLTEACH, u. (from luath.) Restless; volatile; full of
gestures; rapid, swift. Written also /i(a</iaj7/facA.
LiAiLTEACiiD, s.f. (/rom luath.) Restlessness; volatility;
buffoonery ; rapidity. Written also luathailteachd.
LuAiLTicii, V. a. Accelerate, hasten, forward, promote.
LuAiMEAK, eir, s. VI. A man with a voluble tongue; a
prater ; a tell-tale.
LuAiMEARACiiD, s.y. Volubility of tongue ; prating; tale-
telling.
LuAiMH, s. TO- {Ir. id.) An abbot. — Shaw.
LuAiMHNEACn, a. See Luaimneacii.
t LuAiMH-NiGH, S.f. A wave-offedng.
LiAiM>EACii, a. {Ir. id.) Volatile; restless; fickle; am-
bulatory; skipping, frisking, hopping, jumping; also, a
volatile or fickle man. Gu luaimneach, restlessly. Com.
and sup. luaimniche.
LuAiMXEACHD, S.f. {Ir. id.) Volatility; restlessness;
fickleness; unsteadiness; ambulatoriness ; a propensity to
skip or frisk ; a habit of frisking or skipping ; continued
frisking, skipping, or hopping.
Lu.vix, s. (/)•. id.) The loins, kidneys.
LuAiN, ge7i. sing, of luan. De luain, Monday; la luain, a
Monday. See Luan.
LuAiNEACir, a. {Ir. id.) Volatile; fickle; unsteady; rest-
less; changeable; flitting; amhulatorj' ; always in motion ;
alwaj-s running, as water. Tha thu gaòithe, luaineach, thou
art giddy and volatile. — Old Song. Leabadh nan neula
luaineach, a bed of restless clouds. — Oss. Gaul. Ceo luain-
each, restless [unsteady'\ mist. — Id. Uisge luaineach an
loin, the running stream of the meadow. — Old Song.
LuAiNEACiiD, s.f. Volatility; fickleness; unsteadiness,
changeableness, restlessness.
LuAiN-GHALAR, s. m. Nephritic paius ; lunacy.
LuAix-GHALARACH, a. Affected with nephritic pains ; lu-
natic ; causing nephritic pains.
I.TAiNTEAN, a. Nephritic.
Li'AiREAGAX, ain, s. m. {Ir. id.) A grovelling person, a
driveller. More properly luaithreagan, from luaithre, ashes.
Bidh an luaireagan luaith na uallachan gille, the child that
grovelled in the ashes may be a strutting beau. — G. P.
LuAiUEAGANACH, (7. {from luaitlue.) Grovelling, wallow-
ing; like a grovelling person. Amadan luaireaganach, a
grovelling idiot.
LuAiREAGANACHD, S.f. The habit of grovelling ; grovelling.
LuAiREAXTA, a. See Luaithreanta.
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LuAisD, S.f. A shovel, a stable-spado.
LuAisG, I), a. and n. (Com. lask, a cradle.) Rock, swing,
toss; wave, float; jolt; drive away. Pret. a. luaisg,
rocked ; fut. aff. a. luaisgidh, shall or will rock.
LuAisGTE, p. part, of luaisg. Rocked, tossed, swung.
LuAiTii, gen. sing, of luath. Ashes. Also an inflection of
\\x?LXh, swift ; which see.
LuAiTHE, com. and siip. of luath. Quicker, quickest; faster,
fastest. See Luath.
LuAiTHEAD, id, s. m. Swiftness, rapidity, (|uickness ; in-
crease in swiftness. A dol :m\\và\\h\A, groiving more and
more swift ; air luaithid sa bhcil e, however swift he be.
Luaithre, s.f {Ir. id. .4 rm. ludcr.) Dust, ashes. Gus
an crion gu luaithre a chloch, till the stone shall crumble
into dust. — Oss. Gaul. Ann an luaithre, in ashes. —
Stew. Jon.
Luaithreach, a. {Ir. id.) Dusty; covered with dust;
full of ashes; like ashes; also, substantively, a quantity of
ashes.
Luaithreadh, idh, s. m. {Ir. id.) A pulverising ; dust,
ashes. Luaithreadh a chas, the dust of his feet. — Stew. Nah.
Luaithreanta, a., from luaithre. {Ir. id.) Dusty; full
of ashes ; like ashes or dust ; pulverised,
t Luam, luaim, s. m. {Ir. id.) An abbot; a pilot,
t Luajian, ain, s. ?«. {Ir. id.) A veil. — Shaw. A small •
hand,
t LuAMH, luaimh, s. m. {Ir. id.) An abbot, a prior; a
sneaking person; a corpse. A', ji/. luaimh.
t LuAMiiAiR, 5. wj. {Ir. id.) A pilot. JV. p/. luamhairean.
t LuAMHNACHD, s . f , from \uamh . {Ir. id.) An abbacy,
a priory; an abbotship, a priorship.
LuAN, luain, s.f. The moon. De luain, Monday ; la luain,
a Monday ; also, a day enlightened by the moon, i. e. a day
that shall never come. Gu lath luain, never. — R.
Luan seems to be a contracted form of luath-an, the
swift planet.
Gr. c-£A»n!. Lat. luna. Ir. luan. W. Hun. Fr. lune.
t Luan, luain, s. m. (Ir. id.) A loin; a kidney; a warrior.
— Shaiv. Luan-ghalar, nephritic pains.
t LuANAisG, s./., t lua,yoo<, and naisg. {Ir.id.) Chains
for the legs,
t LuANASGACH, a. {Ir. id.) Chaining, fettering, binding;
also, chained.
LuARACii, aich, s.f. {Ir. id.) A chain ; a milching fetter ;
fetters.
LuARACH, a. Vulgar, common. — Shaw. Com. and sup. lu-
araiche.
LuAS, luais, s. m. {Ir. id.) Swiftness, speed. Do luas mar
iolair nam beann, thy speed like the viountain-eagle.- — Ull.
Contracted for luathas ; which see.
LuASACH.iDii, aidh, s. m. Permitting.
LuASACHAiL, a. That may be permitted.
LvASAicii, r. a. Grant, permit. P;e(. luasich ; y«<. n^. luas-
aichidh ; fut. pass, luasaichear, shall be granted. Liias-
aichear an costus, the expense shall be granted. — Stew. Ezra.
LuASAiCHTE, p. part, of luasaich.
Lu.\sGACH, a. Rocking, swinging, floating, tossing.
LuASGACHD, s.f. A rocking mouon; continued rcqking,
swinging, or tossing.
LuASGADAiR, s. m. A swingcr, a rocker. N. pi. luasgad-
airean.
LuASGADH, aidh, s. m. {Arm. lesisqel.) A rocking, a
swinging, a tossing, a floating.
LuASG.-vDH, (a), pr. part, of luaisg. Rocking.