LAY-YER, or LAA-YER.—A lawyer. The blackberry bush is called a "laa-yer," because when any part of it takes hold of one there is no getting free from the bush without being seized by other parts. There is a paradoxical quotation very common when blackberries are coming in season, "Blackberries be allus red when um be gre-an."
LE-AST-WAAYS, or LASTE-WISE.—At all events.
LEATHER.—To flog. A leatherin' is a flogging.
LEATHERY.—Tough.
LED.{{{1}}}Betted, wagered.
A lid.
LEER.—Empty, hungry.
LEG UT.—To run away very quickly.
LEG UP.—To give a "leg up" is to give one help from underneath on ascending a wall or tree, &c.
LEM-VIGS.—Imported figs.
LEN'.—"Lend" is always so pronounced.
LESS, or THESS.—"Let us," "Let me."
LET ALAWNE.—Moreover, in addition to.
LET ALAWNE AS.—Is used for "and taking into con- sideration also that."
LET IN.—"Begin!" "go to work!"
LET VLY.—To shoot. Perhaps a phrase from archery days when the arrow winged its way on being released from the bow.
LE-UZ.—To glean. "Le-usin" is gleaning.