ALMONDBURY AND HUDDERSFIELD. 77 word is landf and oommon in Lancashire. [A.S. and Icelandic, hland, — W. W. S.] Lap, eh. the end of a piece of cloth, which in weaving laps round tiie low beam. [O.E. whppe, — W. W. S.] Lm, or Lappe, vL to wrap up. See a Li/tell Geste of Robin Hood, Fytte i ver. 70 ; ' " Mayster," then sayd Lytell Johan,
- 'HiB dothynffe is full thynne.
Ye must gyve the knyght a lyveray, To lappe his body ther in." ' LargeBse (pronounced lairgesse). This word, at least in latter times, was only used on Plough Monday, the celebration of which holiday was discontinued here aoout 1838, but I cannot ascertain the exact date. A miniature plough was driven through the town, drawn by two men, and one held it ; another, who was the driver, had a bladder
- teed to th' end o' a stick.' The man who went into the houses
begging was ' donn'd i' ribbins ' ; and when money was given all the men cned * LayergSss* three times, finishing with a long-drawn
- Whoo— oop.' The word * Hurrah ' was not used.
Lash, sb. to comb the hair. Laflhoombs, sb, hair-combs. Halliwell says a ' wide>toothed comb.' Lass, sb. the ordinary word for a female, as lad for a male. Lat, sb, a lath (sounded as in rat, cat, &c.). Lat, adj. out-of-the-way; awkward, &c. 'A lat place to build upon ' = awkward to get at. Late, the past tense of to let. Lathrook. This word seems to be almost unknown. It was given to me in the relation of an anecdote, and appeared to mean * a slice,' and it may be connected with ' lath.' Be that as it may, it looks like a genuine word, and accordingly I have retained it. Lauker, the pronunciation of liker, i. e. more like. ' Tha's lauker thi mother nor thi fathther.' Layer, vb, said of a person looking older, perhaps of one who shrinks in his clothes ; but I cannot exactly ascertain the meaning. Lays, sb. a technical term in weaving; also used figuratively in such sentences as * Au cannot get the lays on it,' which means * I do not understand it' When the warp is made ready for the loom, the threads are separated, and passed alternately above and below a string called the layshand. Where the threads cross, or perhaps the whole arrangement itself, may be considered the lays. In this condition the warp IS ready for work ; hence the figurative use above mentioned. Laysband, sb. See Lays.
