_Wallace._

Isl. _lyk_, Su. G. _lik_, A. S. _lic_, id.

LYK, LIKE, the termination of many words in S., which in E. are softened into _ly_. It denotes resemblance; from A. S. _lic_, Goth. _lik_, &c., similis.

LYK, LIK, _v. impers. Lyk til us_, be agreeable to us.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _lyc-ian_, Su. G. _lik-a_, placere.

~Likand~, _part._ Pleasing.

_Dunbar._

~Likandlie~, _adv._ Pleasantly.

_Douglas._

~Liking~, ~Likyng~,

1. Pleasure.

A. S. _licung_, id.

_Barbour._

2. A darling.

_Houlate._

A. S. _licung_, pleasure, delight.

LYKLY, _adj._ Having a good appearance, S.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _lyklig_, Isl. _liklig_, id.

_To_ ~Likly~, _v. a._ To render agreeable.

_Douglas._

LYKE-WAIK, LIKE WALK, _s._ The watching of a dead body.

_Douglas._

A. S. _lic_, a body, and _wac-ian_, to watch.

LIL FOR LALL, retaliation.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _lael with laele_, stripe for stripe.

LILY, _s._ The aphthae, a disease of children, S.

LILL, _s._ The hole of a wind instrument, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ LILT, _v. n._

1. To sing cheerfully, S.

_Ritson._

2. To sing on a high or sharp key, S.

3. Denoting the lively notes of a musical instrument, S.

_Ramsay._

4. _To lilt out_, to take off one"s drink merrily, S.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _lull-a_, canere.

~Lilt~, _s._ A cheerful air, S.

_Morison._

~Lilt~, _s._ A large pull in drinking, frequently repeated, Fife.

~Lilting~, _s._ The act of singing cheerfully.

~Lilt-pype~, _s._ A particular kind of musical instrument.

_Houlate._

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