Dictionary: LAE – LAJ

► LAET n. the Old English designation for a person of status intermediate between that of a freeman and a slave → 1000 Hist.
► LAETABLE adj. ‘worthy to bee rejoyced at’ → 1623 obs.
► LAETATION n. a manuring, also, manure → 1664 obs.
► LAETIFICANT adj. of a medicine: cheering, stimulating → 1627
► LAETIFICATE ►LETIFICATE vb. to make glad or joyful, to cheer, to rejoice → 1547 obs.
► LAETIFICATION n. rejoicing; also, a making joyful → 1485 obs.
► LAETIFICATIVE adj. adapted to cheer → 1657 obs.
► LAFAYETTE n. a bet → 1989 Aust. rhyming sl.
► LAFF n. a laugh → 1962 UK sl.
vb. to laugh → 1997 UK sl.
► LAFFMEISTER n. a comedian → 2002 UK sl.
► LAFF RIOT n. a very funny show, event. etc. → 1940 theatrical sl.
► LAG adj. 1. last, hindmost → 1552 obs.
adj. 2. belated, lingering behind, tardy, lagging → 1568
int. a call to a goose to be fed → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 1. the last or hindmost person, as in a race, game, etc. → 1514
n. 2. the sea → M16 sl.
n. 3. a wash of clothes → 1560 cant
n. 4. water; urine → 1567 cant obs.
n. 5. wine → L16 cant
n. 6. the lowest class → 1607 obs.
n. 7. ? a flock of geese → 1624 obs.
n. 8. a stave of a barrel → 1672 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 9. a defect or crack in wood → 1796 Eng. dial.
n. 10. a convict who has finished his sentence or has been released on parole → E19 sl.
n. 11. a convict who has been transported or sentenced to penal servitude; a prisoner → 1812 cant
n. 12. a convict who has been imprisoned for many years → 1812 UK sl.
n. 13. a term of transportation or penal servitude → 1821 cant
n. 14. a goose → 1824 Sc.
n. 15. any convict → M19 sl.
n. 16. a laggard, a loiterer, one who lingers or falls behind → 1866 Sc.
n. 17. a ‘fag’ (in English public schools: a junior who performs certain duties for a senior) → 1881 Brit. sl.
n. 18. a humour, mood, temper; a state of excitement or high spirits → 1899 Sc.
n. 19. in marbles: a player who comes in last at a game of marbles → 1899 Sc.
n. 20. a pair, a couple → 1902 Eng. dial.
n. 21. a dirty mess or smear or coating of mud on the bottom of a dress, etc. → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 22. a layabout, a ne’er-do-well, a lazy person → 1910 sl.
n. 23. any length of sentence → 1910 prison sl.
n. 24. a 3-month sentence → 1930 Aust. prison sl.
n. 25. a toss of a marble; a toss toward a goal, often used to determine order of play; a game involving such a toss → 1935 Amer. dial.
n. 26. an act of urination → 1979 UK sl.
vb. 1. to daggle, to render wet or muddy → 1440 obs.
vb. 2. to drag after one → 1530 obs.
vb. 3. to urinate → 1560 cant
vb. 4. to water down or adulterate wine or spirits → 1567 sl.
vb. 5. to carry off, to steal → 1573 obs.
vb. 6. to sentence to transportation for over 7 years → M18 sl.
vb. 7. to send someone to prison or transport them → 1812 sl.
vb. 8. to inform on a person to the police → 1832 sl.
vb. 9. to catch, to apprehend; to arrest → 1835 UK sl.
vb. 10. to execute by hanging → 1848 US sl.
vb. 11. to cause trouble for; to lead to an arrest → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
vb. 12. to crack or split; used esp. of wood → 1856 Eng. dial.
vb. 13. in marbles: to toss, to throw; to throw toward a line; to toss or roll a marble toward a goal, esp. to determine order of play → 1893 Amer. dial.
vb. 14. to tire, to weary, to fatigue, to exhaust → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 15. to imprison on trumped up charges and faked evidence → 1910 US criminals’ sl.
vb. 16. to be serving a prison sentence → 1927 UK sl.
vb. 17. to talk repetitively and tediously → 1950 sl.
vb. 18. to shirk one’s duties → 1990 sl.
vb. 19. to drink → 2000 sl.
► LAGABAG n. 1. a loiterer; the hindmost or last → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2.  a lazy, idle person; one disposed to lie in bed → 19C Eng. dial.
► LAG-A-DUDS n. a wash of clothes → 17C cant
► LAG-ALONG n. a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► LAGAMACHIE n. a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole → 1826 Sc.
► LAGAN n. goods or wreckage lying on the bed of the sea → 1531 Law term
► LAG-ARAG n. a lazy, idle person → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAGARTO n. an alligator → 1577 obs.
► LAG-BEHIND n. a tagalong; one who always follows along behind others → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LAG-BELLIED adj. ? slow-paced, tardy → 1822
► LAGE n. 1. a wash of clothes → 1560 cant
n. 2. water; urine → 1567 cant obs.
n. 3. weak liquor → 17C Brit. colloq.
n. 4. a convict → 2002 UK sl.
vb. 1. to drink → M16 cant
vb. 2. to wash down or off with water → M16 sl.
vb. 3. to water spirits → 1567 cant obs.
vb. 4. to make water → 1812 cant obs.
► LAG-END n. the remainder; the latter part of a period of time; the tail-end → 1596
► LAGER BEER n. an ear → 1960 Aust. rhyming sl.
► LAGER LOUT n. a youth (usually one of a group) who typically drinks large amounts of lager or beer, and behaves in an offensive boorish way; a hooligan fuelled by alcohol, esp. lager → 1988 Brit. sl.
► LAG-FEVER n. a term of ridicule applied to men who, being under sentence of transportation, pretend illness to avoid being sent from jail to the hulks → 1811
► LAG-FOOT adj. slow in passing → 1892 Ireland
► LAGG vb. to execute by hanging → M19 US sl.
► LAGGAN adj. fatiguing, beginning to weary → 1824 Sc.
► LAGGARD adj.lagging, hanging back, loitering, slow → 1702
n. one who lags behind; a lingerer, a loiterer → 1808
vb. to play the laggard → 1865
► LAGGE n. water → M16 UK criminals’ sl.
► LAGGED adj. 1. delayed, tardy → 1602 obs.
adj. 2. imprisoned, transported → L18 sl.
adj. 3. hanged → M19 US sl.
► LAGGEN vb. to splash in the water; to walk in the water with bare feet → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAGGER n. 1. a sailor → 1812 sl.
n. 2. a convict undergoing or having undergone penal servitude → 1819 cant
n. 3. mire, mud, a soft, muddy place → 1866 Sc.
n. 4. an informer to the police → 1870 cant
n. 5. a water-closet → L19 Brit. sl.
n. 6. anything sticky or greasy, such as porridge or mud → 20C Ireland
n. 7. a chamber-pot → 20C Brit. sl.
n. 8. a litter, mess → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 9. clinging dampness on grass in the morning → 1925 Sc.
n. 10. an ex-convict → 1930 sl.
n. 11. in hopscotch: the stone used to throw on the squares → 1957 Amer. dial.
n. 12. a layabout, a ‘corner boy’ → 1990 sl.
vb. 1. to lag, to linger, to loiter → 1620 obs.
vb. 2. to sink in soft, miry or muddy ground; to be encumbered by walking through mire, snow, or the like → 1710 Sc.
vb. 3. to besmear, to bespatter, esp. with mud or wet clay → 1725 Sc.
vb. 4. to encumber, to overload; to carry or lead with difficulty → 1825 Sc.
vb. 5. to walk lazily or with difficulty as in carrying a heavy burden; to shamble → 1866 Sc.
vb. 6. of butter, etc.: to spread thickly → 1950 Sc.
► LAGGERING adj. miry, apt to bemire → 1866 Sc.
► LAGGERIT adj. bemired, besmeared with mud or clay → 1725 Sc.
► LAGGERMENTS n. fragments; odds and ends of pieces left from work → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAGGERS n. mud spots → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAGGERT adj. 1. bemired, besmeared with mud or clay  → 1725 Sc.
adj. 2. encumbered, overloaded → 1742 Sc.
► LAGGERY adj. miry, muddy, dirty → 1825 Sc.
n. a mess; a state of muddle or chaos → 1914 Sc.
► LAGGIE adj. slow, tardy; lazy → 1897 Sc.
int. a call to a goose to be fed → 1824 Sc.
n. a goose → 1824 Sc.
► LAGGIE-BAG n. the hindmost or last → 1825 Sc.
► LAGGIE-LAST adj.  always behindhand, loitering → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAGGIN n. the staves of a barrel or other hooped vessel → 1794 Eng. dial.
► LAGGINBACK n. a lazy, idle, slow-moving person → 1859 Eng. dial.
► LAGGING adj. 1. slow-moving, loitering → 1898 Sc.
adj. 2. toilsome, wearisome, fatiguing → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. a sentence of transportation → E19 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. any prison sentence → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 3. a penal term of three years → 1850 cant
► LAGGING AND A LIFER n. transportation for life → 1835 cant
► LAGGING BOAT n. a drunkard, an alcoholic → 2000 sl.
► LAGGING DUES n. a sentence of penal servitude → 2000 sl.
► LAGGING DUES WILL BE CONCERNED phr. this person is liable to be transported → E19 sl.
► LAGGING GAGE n. a chamber-pot → 18C sl.
► LAGGING LINE n. in marbles: the line toward which players roll or toss marbles to determine the order of shooting → 1949 Amer. dial.
► LAGGING MATTER n. any crime punishable by transportation → E19 UK criminals’ sl.
► LAGGING STATION n. a prison for long-term prisoners → 20C UK prison sl.
► LAGGY adj. 1. slow, tardy; lazy → 1897 Sc. & Amer. dial.
adj. 2. muddy, mucky, damp → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. a loiterer, a lingerer; the last to arrive → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAGHERY-MAN n. a dwarfish, bewitched person → 1890 Eng. dial.
► LAGLAND n. the underworld → M19 sl.
► LAG-LAST n. a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand → 1830
► LAG LEG n. a lazy person → 1959 Amer. dial.
► LAG LIFE-TIME n. the remainder of one’s life → 1844 Sc.
► LAG LINE n. in marbles: the line toward which players roll or toss marbles to determine the order of shooting → 1937 Amer. dial.
► LAG-LOST n. a layabout, a ne’er-do-well, a lazy person → 1910 sl.
► LAGLY adv. lastly, behind all → 1611 obs.
► LAG-MA-LAST adj.  always behind, loitering → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAG-MAN n. the last man; the one who brings up the rear → 1599 obs.
► LAGNIAPPE n. a small gratuity or bonus included with a purchase; anything extra thrown in for good measure → 1849 Amer. dial.
► LAG OF DUDS n. a ‘buck’ or bundle of clothes for washing → 1622 cant obs.
► LAG OFF vb. 1. to wash → 1560 cant
vb. 2. to shirk one’s duties → 1990 sl.
► LAG OF GULLS n. a young goose and gander → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAGOONA n. a pool or pond of salt or fresh water, often alongside a larger body of water → 1838 Amer. dial.
► LAGOON-ISLAND n. an atoll → 1845
► LAGOTIC adj. having ears like a hare’s → 1908 (Bk.)
► LA GRANDE PASSION n. love → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LA GRIPPE n. influenza → 1915 Amer. dial.
► LAGS n. what remains in a vessel after the liquor is drawn off; dregs, lees, sediment → 1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► LAG-SHIP n. a convict transport → 1810 cant
► LAG-TAIL n. a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAG-TOOTH n. a wisdom tooth (from its late appearance) → 1611 obs.
► LAGUNA n. a pool or pond of salt or fresh water, often alongside a larger body of water → 1838 Amer. dial.
► LAG UP vb. in marbles: to toss, to throw; to throw toward a line; to toss or roll a marble toward a goal, esp. to determine order of play → 1893 Amer. dial.
► LAH n. 1. Los Angeles, California → 1978 US jocular usage
n. 2. very strong marijuana → 1990 sl.
► LAH-DE-DAH adj. affected; stylish; pretentious → 1889 sl.
n. language or behaviour characterized by affectation, pretension, or preciosity; hence, a person notable for such behaviour; a fop or swell → 1874 US sl.
► LAHDEE ► LAHDI adj. smart, fashionable → 1930 sl.
► LAH-DI-DAH adj. 1. very stylish; affectedly smart of costume, voice, manners → 1860 colloq.
adj. 2. stuck-up, arrogant, snobbish → L19 sl.
adj. 3. effeminate, affected → L19 sl.
n. 1. a fop; a ‘swell’ → 1883 colloq.
n. 2. a cigar → 20C rhyming sl.
n. 3. a tram-car or motorcar → 20C rhyming sl.
► LAHK n. very many; a great deal; often in the plural → M19 Anglo-Indian
► LAHNEE adj. 1. intellectually sophisticated → 1970 S. Afr. sl.
adj. 2. showy, arrogant → 1970 S. Afr. sl.
n. 1. a boss, an employer → 1970 S. Afr. sl.
n. 2. a White person; a rich person → 1970 S. Afr. sl.
► LAHNIE adj. moneyed, rich, wealthy → 1970 S. Afr. sl.
► LAHTEEACHE! int. all right! → M19 back-slang
► LAHTER n. a vice, sin, crime → 900 obs.
► LAID adj. 1. frozen, slightly frozen → 1787 Eng. dial 
adj. 2. compelled, obliged → 1790 Sc.
adj. 3. gone to bed → 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 4. having been copulated with → 20C US colloq.
adj. 5. confined to bed through illness → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 6. killed → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 7. stupefied by drugs or alcohol; drunk → 1962 African-American sl.
adj. 8. of a house: well-furnished, attractive → 1972 African-American sl.
adj. 9. well-dressed → 1978 African-American sl.
► LAID-BACK adj. 1. relaxed or easygoing; unconcerned; unhurried; casual → 1969 US colloq.
adj. 2. of popular music: soothing → 1969 US colloq.
adj. 3. drunk; high on drugs → 1972 US sl.
► LAID BY THE WALL adj. dead but not buried → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAID CRIB n. a nice house; an attractive residence → 1972 African-American sl.
► LAIDLICK n. a tadpole → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAIDLY adj. offensive, hideous, repulsive, ugly, loathsome, foul → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAIDNER n. 1. a larder, a meat safe; a winter’s stock of provisions → 1825 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a larder; a winter’s stock of provisions → 1888 Sc.
► LAID OFF THE FEET adj. unable to walk → 1885 Eng. dial.
► LAID-OUT adj. 1. dead; pert. to a corpse arranged for a wake → 1595
adj. 2. injured; having fainted → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
adj. 3. stupefied by alcohol; drunk → 1928 US sl.
adj. 4. marijuana intoxicated → M20 US drug culture sl.
adj. 5. of a place: smart, neat → 1960 African-American sl.
adj. 6. attractive, handsome → 1968 US students’ sl.
adj. 7. well-dressed → 1989 African-American sl.
► LAID, RELAID AND PARLAYED adj. 1. deceived, cheated → 1950 US sl.
adj. 2. having had frequent or protracted sexual intercourse → 1950 US sl.
► LAIDRON n. a term of abuse for a lazy, loutish person; a loafer; a slattern, a drab → 1718 Sc. obs.
► LAID TO THE BONE adj. 1. of clothes: cut so well they seem a second skin → 1970 African-American sl.
adj. 2. well-dressed → 1970 African-American sl.
adj. 3. drunk → 1972 African-American sl.
► LAID TO THE NATURAL BONE adj. naked → 1970 African-American sl.
► LAIDURE n. ugliness, deformity → 1483 obs.
► LAIG n. 1. idle, silly talk; gossip → 1844 Sc.
n. 2. a person given to gossip → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to wade → 1802 Sc.
vb. 2. to talk loudly and foolishly; to gossip, to talk idly → 1871 Sc.
► LAIGAN n. a large quantity of any liquid → 1825 Sc.
► LAIGHIE-BRAID n. a person having a short, thick body; any animal having short legs and a thick body → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAIGHTON n. a garden → 1775 Eng. dial.
► LAIGISHIN n. a large, cumbersome quantity → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAIGZ n. 1. a trick → 1940 W. Indies sl.
n. 2. influence → 1940 W. Indies sl.
► LAIMETER n. one who is feeling unwell → 20C Ireland
► LAIN n. 1. concealment → 1300 obs.
n. 2. a layer, a stratum → 1577 obs.
n. 3. a person easily imposed upon or cheated; a victim; also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated → 1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals’ usage
vb. to conceal, to hide; to be silent about, to disguise a fact → 1300 obs. exc. Sc.
► LAIN ASIDE adj. unable to work from bodily indisposition → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAINER n. a lace, strap, thong, lash → 1386 obs.
► LAING vb. to move with long strides → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAINGE adj. subtle; flexible → 1750 Eng. dial. 
► LAINGER vb. to saunter idly → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAIR n. 1. the act or fact of lying → 893 obs.
n. 2. that whereon one lies down to sleep; a bed, a couch → 1000 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 3. the resting place of a corpse; a grave, a tomb → 1000 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 4. a lying with a person; fornication → 1296 obs.
n. 5. clay, mire, mud  → 1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 6. a ewer → 1491 obs.
n. 7. a quagmire; a muddy place; quicksand, or any soft and yielding surface → 1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 8. a barn → 1684 Eng. dial.
n. 9. learning, knowledge; education → 1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 10. a youth or man who dresses flashily or shows off → 1923 Aust. sl.
n. 11. a considerable quantity → 1944 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to prostrate; to lay on the ground → 1200 obs.
vb. 2. to stick or sink in mire or bog → 1572
vb. 3. to lie, to repose on a bed → 1662
vb. 4. to bury → 1773 Sc.
vb. 5. to learn → 1791 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to teach → 1838 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to lay down → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 8. to act in a showy manner; to brag, to boast → 1920 Aust. sl.
vb. 9. to dress flashily; to show off → 1928 Aust. sl.
► LAIRD n. 1. a lord; a landed proprietor; a land owner, a yeoman → 1450
n. 2. an owner of property, esp. a house-owner → 1816 Sc.
n. 3. a jocular term of address → 1912 Sc.
► LAIRDESS n. a laird’s wife → 1863 Sc.
► LAIRDIE n. a petty laird → 1700 Sc.
► LAIRD IN THE ABBEY n. a jocular name for a bankrupt; a debtor who took sanctuary from his creditors in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, a privilege abolished in 1880 → 1733 Sc. obs.
► LAIRDLIN n. a petty laird → 1867 Sc.
► LAIRDLY adj. lordly, aristocratic, lavish, extravagant → 1850 Sc.
► LAIRDOCRACY n. lairds as forming a ruling class → 1848 Sc.
► LAIRED adj. 1. dirtied, made miry, choked up with mud → 1849 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. learned, instructed, informed → 1902 N. Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAIRED UP adj. flashily dressed → 1920 Aust. sl.
► LAIR-FATHER n. a schoolmaster; an instructor; one whose conduct has influenced others → 1684 Eng. dial.
► LAIR-HOLDER n. the owner of a grave → 1864 Sc.
► LAIR-HOLE n. a boggy spot; a muddy hole → 1889 Eng. dial.
► LAIRILY adv. cautiously → 1990 sl.
► LAIRISE ► LAIRIZE vb. to act in a showy manner, to show off; to brag, to boast → 1920 Aust. sl.
► LAIRKIN n. a plaything, a toy → 1920 Aust. sl.
► LAIRLY adj. idle, lazy; disagreeable; low, base → 1781 Eng. dial.
► LAIR-MASTER n. an instructor → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAIR-NEIGHBOUR n. one who is buried in an adjacent grave → 1824 Sc.
► LAIR-STALL n. a grave within a church → 1541 obs.
► LAIR-STEAD n. a grave within a church → 1559 obs.
► LAIR-STONE n. a gravestone → 1538 obs. exc. Sc.
► LAIR-STOW n. a burial place → 1000 obs.
► LAIR UP vb. to dress flashily; to dress up → 1920 Aust. sl.
► LAIRWITE n. a fine for fornication or adultery, esp. with a bondwoman → 1230 Old Law usage
► LAIRY adj. 1. earthly, filthy → 1340 obs.
adj. 2. boggy, miry, swampy → 1700
adj. 3. said of a knowing person aware of their own cleverness; conceited, cheeky → 1846 Cockney sl.
adj. 4. dressed flashily or vulgarly. ostentatious, showy → 1898 Aust. sl.
adv. showily, ostentatiously → 20C Aust. sl.
► LAISH adj. slow, slack, tardy → 1700 Sc. obs.
► LAIT n. 1. lightning; occasionally, flash of fire → 900 obs.
n. 2. searching, search → 1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to flash, to gleam, to lighten → 1205 obs.
vb. 2. to look or search for; to seek, to try to find → 1300 obs.
vb. 3. to search or look through; to examine → 1300 obs.
vb. 4. to look for a word, to hesitate in speech → 1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to allure, to entice → 1825 Sc. obs.
► LAITCH n. 1. indolence, laziness → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 2. a lazy or indolent person → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to be gay; to laugh, to titter → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to be idle, to show laziness; to loiter → 1902 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAITCHETY adj. idle, careless, slatternly → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAITE n. a small quantity of any liquid → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAITH adj. loath, unwilling, reluctant → 1714 Sc.
n. loathing, despite, scorn → 1882 Sc.
► LAITING n. lightning → 1340 obs.
► LAITS n. manners, behaviour, habits; bad habits, tricks, pranks → 1728 Sc.