a sweetheart.

_Jouk_, to stoop, to avoid a blow; to yield to circumstances.

_Jundie_, a passing thrust.

_Kail_, colewort; broth is commonly termed _kail_; but, properly
speaking, it is not _kail_ until the second day.

_Kail-yaird_, a kitchen garden.

_Kame_, to comb, a comb.

_Kamester_, a woolcomber.

_Kavel_, a mean fellow.

_Kebbuck_, a cheese.

_Kekle_, to cackle, to be noisy.

_Keek_, to peep.

_Kemper_, a diligent worker.

_Ken_, to know.

_Kent_, known, did know.

_Kep_, to catch.

_Keytch_, to throw up, to turn over.

_Kimmer_, a female gossip.

_Kirk_, a church.

_Kirkyaird_, churchyard.

_Kirn_, a churn.

_Kirtle_, a petticoat, a short-gown.

_Kist_, a chest, a coffin.

_Kith_, acquaintance.

_Kittle_, to tickle; ticklish, difficult.

_Kittlen_, a kitten.

_Knibblich_, a small stone.

_Knowe_, a hillock.

_Kyte_, the belly.

_Kythe_, to appear.

_Lack_, to depreciate, discommend.

_Laddie_, diminutive of lad.

_Lade_, a load, laden.

_Laigh_, low.

_Laird_, landlord, proprietor, lord of the manor.

_Laith_, loth, reluctant.

_Laithfu'_, shy, modest, bashful.

_Landward_, rustic.

_Landlouper_, an unsettled, changeable person.

_Lang_, long.

_Langle_, a rope by which the fore and hinder feet of a horse or cow are
fastened together.

_Langing_, longing, wishing.

_Lang-kail_, boiled coleworts.

_Lang-shanket_, long-handed or shafted.

_Langsyne_, long ago, old times.

_Lap_, did leap.

_Lassie_, girl, diminutive of lass.

_Lathron_, a lazy, idle person.

_Lave_, the rest, others, remainder.

_Laverock_, a lark.

_Lawin'_, a tavern reckoning.

_Layne_, conceal.

_Leal_, true, honest, faithful.

_Lear_, to learn, learning.

_Leddy_, lady.

_Lee_, to lie.

_Leear_, liar.

_Len'_, lend, a loan.

_Let-a-bee_, to let alone.

_Licht_, alight.

_Lichtit_, alighted.

_Lightlie_, to undervalue, decry; to make light of.

_Lift_, the firmament.

_Linn_, a waterfall between two rocks.

_Lint_, flax.

_Lippen_, depend upon, trust to.

_List_, agile, active.

_Lither_, sleepy, lazy.

_Loan_, a lane; an open space near a farm or village where the cows are
milked.

_Loe_, to love, to be in love.

_Loof_, the palm of the hand.

_Loon_, a clown, a rogue.

_Loup_, to leap.

_Lout_, to stoop, submit.

_Lowe_, a flame.

_Lowin'_, flaming.

_Lown_, calm, sheltered.

_Loose_, to loose.

_Lug_, the ear; the h