3. Used in familiar or facetious language, although not necessarily including the idea of age, S.
4. The mistress of an ale-house, S.
_Ramsay._
Perhaps primarily implying the idea of witchcraft; Isl. _hlok_, maga.
LUCKY, _adj_. Bulky, S.
_Kelly._
~Lucky~, _adv_. Denoting excess, S.
_Ross._
Perh. from the old custom of giving something _to the luck_ of the bargain.
LUCK-PENNY, s. A small sum given back by the person who receives money in consequence of a bargain, S. _lucks-penny_, S. B.
_Courant._
LUDE, _part. pa._ Loved, S.
_Bannatyne P._
~Lude~, contraction for _love it_, S.
_Ibid._
_To_ LUF, LUVE, LUWE, _v. a._ To love, S. _lue_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _luf-ian_, id. Su. G. _liuf_, gratus.
~Luf, Luve~, _s._ Love.
_Douglas._
~Lufare~, _adj_. More loving.
_King"s Quair._
~Luffar~, _s._ A lover.
_Douglas._
~Luflely~, _adv._ Lovingly.
_Barbour._
~Lufsom~, _adj_. Lovely; S. _lusome_.
A. S. _lofsum_, delectabilis.
_Sir Gawan._
LUFE, LUIF, LUFFE, LOOF, _s._ The palm of the hand; pl. _luffis_, _luves_, S.
_Lyndsay._
Moes. G. _lofa_, Su. G. _lofwe_, Isl. _loofve_, vola ma.n.u.s.
~Lufefow~, ~Luifful~, _s._ As much as fills the palm of the hand, S.
_Lyndsay._
~Luffie~, _s._ A stroke on the palm of the hand, S.
_To_ LUFF, _s_. To praise.
V. ~Loif~, _v._
~Lufly~, _adj_. Worthy of praise.
Isl. _loflig_, laudabilis.
_Gawan and Gol._
LUFRAY, _s._
V. ~Lovery~.
LUG, _s._
1. The ear, S.
_Burrow Lawes._
2. _At the lug of_, in a state of proximity, S.