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V. ~Lever~.

LAIT, LAYTE, LATE, LETE, _s._

1. Manner, gesture.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. Mein, appearance of the countenance.

_Barbour._

Isl. _lat_, _laete_, gestus; _laet_, me gero.

_To_ ~Lait~, _v. a._ To personate.

_Fordun._

Teut. _laet-en_, apparere, prae se ferre.

_To_ LAYT, _v. a._ To give heed to.

A. S. _laet-an_, estimare.

_Sir Tristrem._

LAITH, _adj._

1. Loathsome.

_Douglas._

Isl. _leid-ur_, A. S. _lath_, hateful.

2. What one is reluctant to utter.

_Id._

3. Unwilling, S.

_Wyntown._

Isl. _leith-r_, reluctant.

~Laithfow~, _adj._

1. Bashful, S.

_Burns._