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R, at once. INTROMIT, to medldle with. INVITA MINERVA, against my bent. JACK, a metal pitcher. JAZY, wig. JET D'EAU, jet of water. JORUM, a drinking-vessel, or the liquor in it. JOW, to toll. JURIDICAL, pertaining to a judge or to the courts. KATTERFELTO, a famous quack. KEEK, to look. KEFFEL, a bad horse. LAIGH, low. LAND-LOUPER, runagate, vagabond. LARES, household gods, the special divinities of a family. LAP, leaped; fold. LAVE, rest, remainder. LAWING, inn reckoning. LEAL, loyal, true. LEASING-MAKING, lies, slander, seditious words. LEASOWES, the estate of the poet Shenstone. LEE-SIDE, the side of a vessel farthest from the point where the wind blows. LEESOME LANE, his dear self alone. LEEVIN, living. LEE WAY, arrears of work. LEG, TO MAKE A, to bow. LETTRES DE CACHET, sealed letters issued by the King of France, conferring power over the liberty of others. LEX AQUARUM, the law of the waters. LIMMER, a loose woman, a jade. LING, thin long grass, heather. LOANING, a meadow, pasture where the cows were milked, LOE, love. LOON, fellow, rogue. LOOPY, crafty. LOUIS-D'OR, a French gold coin worth from 16s, 6d. to 18s. 9d. LOUP, leap. LOUP-THE-DYKE, giddy, runaway. LOUP THE TETHER, breaking loose from restraint. LOVELACE AND BELFORD, characters in CLARISSA HARLOWE. LUCKY, a name given to an elderly dame. LUG, the ear. LUM, chimney. MACER, a court official. MAILING, a small farm or rented property. MAILS, rents. MALVERSATION, fraudulent tricks. MANUMISSION, liberty. MARCH, border. MARE MAGNUM, the great sea. MARIUS, a Roman general, leader in the civil war against Sulla. MEAR, mare. MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN, the writing seen by Belshazzar (Daniel V. 25). MENYIE, retinue. MERIDIAN, noon; a mid-day drink. MERK, an old Scottish coin=1s. 1 1/2d. in English money. MESSAN, a lap-dog, a little dog. MICKLE, much. MIFFED, piqued. MILLAR, Philip Millar, author of several works on gardening. MINOS, a law-giver of Crete, afterwards set as a judge in Hades. MISHANTER, mischief. MISPRISION OF TREASON, concealment of treason. MOIDART, a loch in Inverness, where Prince Charles Stuart landed, 1745. MOIDORE, a gold coin of Portugal worth about L1 7s. 0d. MORE SOLITO, in the accustome
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