An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 516

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.