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HAMPSHIRE GLOSSART. 51 Xnnb [nub], sh, a knob. Ex. * Gi' me a hiuh o* sugar.' — J. Evi- dently a mere mispronunciation. Kurn [kum], v, to turn to fruit. — J. M. E. kumerif P. Plowman 0. xiii. 180 ; Of: Germ, komen. Lace paislj t;. a. to thrash, to beat. Ex. * I laced 'un sweetly.* — N. H. Laok [lak], v, to want. Ex. *I lacks to go.'- Lades [laidzl, ah, pL rails or boarding placed round the top of a '^Aggon, which project oyer, and enable it to bear a greater load. — Cooper. Lady-cow [lai'di-kou], sh, the coccinnella, — J. The invariable name inN.H. Lady's fingers [lai*diz-fing*urz], sh, pi. Lotus comiculatus, — J. B. Lady's nightcap [lai-dLc-nei'tkap], sh. awildflower; a species of bind- weed. *Ak. Convolvulus septum. Short for * Our lady's nightcap,' and named, as usual, from the Virgin Mary. Lady's pincushion [lai*diz-pin'kuoshun], sh. Armeria maritima. — — J. B. Lady's smock [lai'diz-smok], sh, Cardamine prafensis. — J. B. Lady's smock [lai'diz-smok], sh. Arum maculatum [1] — HoUoway's Dictionary, — J. B. All the foregoing names of plants are probably caUed after ' our Lady ' the Blessed Virgin Mary. — W. H. G. Lag [lag], sh. a pair ; a couple. Aa'sk lag of gulls,' a young goose and gander. — N. H. Lance [laansli?. to leap, bound ; the deer are said 'to lance over the turf.' — Wise, New Forest. Cf. French, Lancer. Land-cress [land'kres], sh, Cardamine hirsuta, — J. B. Lane [lain], sh. a layer; a *lane of com* in a stack is a layer.— Wise, N. Hants. Lark's-lease [laaks'leez], sh. a piece of poor land fit only for larks. — Wise, New yorest, Larmp [larr'*up], v. to beat. — Cooper. Latter [lat'ur], sh. a setting of hen's eggs. — J. Lattermath [lat'urmath], sh. aftermath, q. v. *Ak. Launch [laansh], v. to drag a boy out of bed, mattrass, bed-clothes, and aM— Winch. Sch. GL Laurence [lor'nins], sh, the name of a New Forest fairy. * If a peasant is lazy, it is said, ** Laurence has got unon him," or *' he has a touch of Laurence.*^ He is still regarded with awe, and barrows are caUod after him.' — Wise, New Forest^ p. 174. K 2