► LAS int. alas! → 1604
n. money, esp. as a loan or a contribution → 1970 S. Afr. sl.
► LA SAKES! int. an exclamation → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LASCAR n. an East Indian sailor → 1625
► LASCAREE n. an East Indian sailor → 1712 obs.
► LASCARI n. a short spear used in the East Indies as a hunting spear, or as a javelin for throwing → 1889
► LASCARINE n. an East Indian soldier; also, one of the native police → 1598 Indian obs.
► LASCHETY n. laxity, carelessness → 1673 obs.
► LASCIVE adj. lascivious, wanton → 1647 obs.
► LASCIVIATE vb. to sport wantonly; to indulge in unseemly jesting; to give oneself to lasciviousness → 1628 obs.
► LASCIVIENCY n. lasciviousness, wantonness → 1664 obs.
► LASCIVIENT adj. wanton, lascivious → 1653 obs.
► LASCIVIENTLY adv. wantonly, lasciviously → 1664 obs.
► LASCIVIOSITY n. lasciviousness → 1727 obs.
► LASCIVIOUS adj. voluptuous, luxurious → 1589 obs.
► LASCIVIOUSLY adv. sportively → 1607 obs.
► LASCIVITY n. the quality of being lascivious → 1490 obs.
► LASCIVY n. lasciviousness → 1727 obs.
► LASH adj. 1. culpably negligent or remiss → 1374 obs.
adj. 2. of food, fruit, grass, etc.: soft, watery → 1440
adj. 3. in a physical sense: loose, lax, relaxed → 1513 obs.
adj. 4. lazy → 1710 Sc. obs.
adj. 5. of weather: raw, wet, cold, damp → 1787
adj. 6. 1825 relaxed in body, feeble, without energy → Sc. obs.
n. 1. a sudden or violent blow; a dashing or sweeping stroke → 1330 obs.
n. 2. a string, cord, thong → 1440 obs.
n. 3. an alleged name for a ‘company’ of carters → 1486 obs.
n. 4. a lasso → 1748 obs.
n. 5. a heavy fall of rain → 1818 Sc.
n. 6. a great or forcible splash of water → 1825 Sc.
n. 7. a large or abundant quantity of things or persons → 1880 Sc.
vb. 1. to assail, to attack → 1330 obs.
vb. 2. to move swiftly and suddenly; to make a sudden movement, to dash, to rush → 1330
vb. 3. to castigate in words; to rebuke, to satirize, to vituperate → 1590
vb. 4. to beat, to thrash; to ply the whip → 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 5. of rain: to pour, to come down in torrents → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to comb the hair → 1863 Eng. dial.
► THE LASH n. the punishment of flogging → 1694
► LASHANGALLAIVIE n. profusion, abundance, esp. of good living → 1838 Sc.
► LASH AWAY! int. an exclamation of encouragement to further energy → 1898 Eng. dial.
► LASH-COMB n. a wide-toothed comb → 1869 Eng. dial.
► LASH-EATING adj. insipid, tasteless → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LASHED adj. intoxicated; drunk → 20C Brit. colloq.
► LASHER n. anything of great size and weight → 1854 Eng. dial.
► LASHINGS n. an abundance, a great plenty → 1894 Amer. dial.
► LASHINGS AND LAVINS n. a great quantity; plenty → 1927 Amer. dial.
► LASHNESS n. remissness; also, cowardice → c1477 obs.
► LASHOP vb. to move about in an uneasy, restless, unsettled manner → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LASH OUT vb. to spend money recklessly; to squander; to be extravagant in spending → 1513 Brit. colloq.
► LASH-UP n. 1. an informal social occasion, esp. a party → 1968 UK sl.
n. 2. a heavy drinking session → 2000 UK sl.
► LASHY adj. very wet, cold, raw, damp → 1787 Eng. dial.
► LASK n. 1. looseness of the bowels; diarrhoea; an attack of this → 1542
n. 2. the groin → 1781 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. to lower in quality, quantity, or strength, to relax; to shorten life; to alleviate pain → 1350 obs.
► LASKAR n. a large armful of hay or straw → 1825 Sc.
► LASKIT n. elastic → 1898 Sc.
► LASON SA DAGA n. LSD → 1977 US drug culture sl.
► LASPRING n. a young salmon → 1760
► LASS n. 1. a lady-love, a sweetheart → 1596
n. 2. an unmarried woman; a maiden → 1732 Sc.
n. 3. a female child, a daughter → 1743 Sc.
n. 4. a maidservant → 1776 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 5. a form of address to a mare or a bitch → 1834
vb. to go sweethearting; said of a man → 1837 Sc.
► LASS-A-DAY! int. an exclamation of condolence → 1703 Eng. dial. obs.
► LASSATE adj. tired, wearied → 1694 obs.
vb. to weary → 1623 obs.
► LASSATION n. weariness → 1650 obs.
► LASS-BAIRN n. a female child → 1759 Sc.
► LASS-BOY n. a boyish girl, a tomboy → 1896 Sc.
► LASSENGERS n. molasses → 1917 Amer. dial. jocular usage
► LASSES n. molasses → 1730 US
► LASSET n. the ermine or miniver → 1591 obs.
► LASSET-MOUSE n. the ermine or miniver → 1607 obs.
► LASSET-WEASEL n. the ermine or miniver → 1607 obs.
► LASSIE n. 1. a little lass, a girl → 1725 chiefly Sc.
n. 2. a sweetheart; a female lover → 1790 Sc.
n. 3. a daughter → 1870 Sc.
n. 4. a maid-servant, a servant-girl → 1889 Sc.
n. 5. a boy or girl with gay parents → 1990 US homosexual sl.
► LASSIE-BAIRN n. a female child → 1821 Sc.
► LASSIE-BOY n. a tomboy → 1896 Sc.
► LASSIE DAYS n. the days of girlhood → 1853 Sc.
► LASSIEHOOD n. girlhood → 1857 chiefly Sc.
► LASSIEISH adj. young-womanish; girlish → 1882 chiefly Sc.
► LASSIE-LAD n. an effeminate boy; a term of opprobrium amongst boys → 1881 Eng. dial.
► LASSIE-LIKE adj. girlish, effeminate → 1894 Sc.
► LASSIE’S CRUST n. the rounded or top crust of a loaf → 1954 Sc.
► LASSIE-WEAN n. a daughter → 1868 Sc.
► LASSIFIED adj. young-looking → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LASSIKIE n. a young girl or woman; a little girl → 1864 Sc.
► LASSITUDE n. the condition of being weary in body or mind; a flagging of the bodily or mental powers; indifference to exertion; weariness → 1533
► LASS-LORN adj. forsaken by one’s lass or sweetheart → 1610 obs.
► LASSOCK n. a young girl or woman; a little girl → 1816 Sc.
► LASSOCKIE n. a young girl or woman; a little girl → 1864 Sc.
► LASSOCK-LOVE n. a girl sweetheart → 1853 Sc.
► LASS OF RECREATION n. a whore → 1773 Sc.
► LASSONER n. a larcener, one who commits larceny → 1634
► LASSO TRADE n. a compliment given or reported on condition of receiving one in exchange → 1968 Amer. dial.
► LASS-QUEAN n. a female servant → 1817 Sc.
► LASS-WEAN n. a female child, a girl → 1825 Sc.
► LASSY n. a lass, a girl → 1725 chiefly Sc.
► LASSY ME! int. expressing surprise → 1840
► LAST n. 1. a footstep, track, trace → 971 obs.
n. 2. a load, burden, weight carried → 1000 obs.
n. 3. a fault, vice, sin; blame; also, a physical blemish → 1175 obs.
n. 4. a huge indefinite number → 1386 obs.
n. 5. continuance, duration → 1300
n. 6. power of holding on or out; staying power → 1857
vb. 1. to blaspheme, to blame → 1225 obs.
vb. 2. to load, to burden → 1300 obs.
► LAST ABODE n. the grave; death → 20C US
► LAST AGE n. the closing years of life, old age → 1382 obs.
► THE LAST AGE n. recent times → 1562 obs.
► LASTAGE n. 1. the ballast of a ship → 1440 obs.
n. 2. garbage, rubbish → 1691 obs.
► LAST BUTTON OFF GABE’S BRITCHES n. the last thing, piece, or bit, esp. of food → 1984 Amer. dial.
► LAST BUTTON OFF GABRIEL’S COAT n. the last thing, piece, or bit, esp. of food → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LAST BUTTON ON GABE’S COAT n. 1. the last thing, piece, or bit, esp. of food → 1912 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the limit of one’s patience → 1956 Amer. dial.
► LAST BUTTON ON JACOB’S COAT n. the last thing, piece, or bit, esp. of food → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LAST BUTTON ON JOB’S SHIRT n. the last thing, piece, or bit, esp. of food → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LAST CALL n. death → 1977 US sl.
► LAST CARD IN THE PACK n. 1. a snack → 1960 UK theatrical rhyming sl.
n. 2. dismissal from employment → 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘sack’
► LAST-CARD LOUIE n. in stud poker: a player who stays in a hand until his last card, improbably hoping for the one card that can produce a winning hand → 1951 US sl.
► LAST CAST n. the last, the end → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAST CHANCE n. 1. an outside toilet building → 1966 Amer. dial. jocular usage
n. 2. the upper balcony in a cinema favoured by homosexuals → 1966 US sl.
n. 3. an out-of-the-way or unimportant place → 1968 Amer. dial. jocular usage
► LAST DAY n. yesterday → 1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► THE LAST DAY n. the other day, a day or two ago → 1898 Sc.
► LAST DROP n. the last straw, the limit; the end of one’s patience → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LAST DROP IN THE BUCKET n. the last straw, the limit; the end of one’s patience → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LAST END n. 1. the end of life, death → 1377 obs.
n. 2. the end of anything → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THE LAST END n. the conclusion, finish → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LASTFUL adj. helpful, serviceable → 1000 obs.
► LAST-GO-SWAP n. a compliment given or reported on condition of receiving one in exchange → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LAST-GO-TRADE n. a compliment given or reported on condition of receiving one in exchange → 1930 Amer. dial.
► LAST HAND n. the final or finishing stroke or touch → 1614 obs.
► LAST HOME n. the grave; death; a cemetery → 20C US euphemism
► LASTING n. abuse, blame, reproach → 1225 obs.
► LASTISH n. the most recently published issue of a single-interest fan magazine → 1982 US sl.
► LAST KNOCKINGS n. the final state of a period or activity → 20C
► LASTLESS adj. blameless → 1225 obs.
► LAST LICKS n. a final turn or opportunity → 1839
► LAST LUCK n. the last of anything, supposed to ensure luck to the giver → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LASTLY adv. very lately, recently → 1592 obs.
► LAST MILE n. in prison: the walk from the death cell to the execution chamber → 1592 obs.
► LAST MORNING n. yesterday morning → 1591 obs.
► LAST OF PEA PICKINGS n. the last choice; used to indicate the worthlessness or undesirability of a person or thing → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LAST OF PEA-TIME n. the time when peas have almost ceased bearing; hence, a state of decline, exhaustion, or poverty → 1834 Amer. dial.
► LAST OF THE BIG SPENDERS n. used ironically of a mean person → 1975 Aust. sl.
► LAST OF THE BIG-TIME SPENDERS n. used ironically of a mean person → 1975 Aust. sl.
► LA STOP n. a rolling stop at a traffic signal or stop sign → 1999 US sl.
► LAST PART THROUGH THE FENCE n. the rump of a cooked chicken or fowl → 1954 Amer. dial.
► THE LAST PEA IN THE DISH n. 1. the last one, the last thing, esp. the last piece of food left on a place; the last straw, the limit, the end of one’s patience → 1909 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the youngest child → 1986 Amer. dial.
► THE LAST PEA IN THE POT n. the last one, the last thing, esp. the last piece of food left on a place; the last straw, the limit, the end of one’s patience → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LAST RESORT n. the W.C. → 20C US jocular euphemism
► LAST REWARD n. death → E20 US euphemism
► THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER n. 1. someone or something whose scent or vitality is spent → 1872 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the last thing, piece, or bit, esp. of food → 1968 Amer. dial.
► LAST ROUNDUP n. death → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► THE LAST RUN OF SHAD n. 1. someone or something weakened by time or ill health; someone or something weak, inferior, or undesirable → 1876 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the end of a project → 1985 Amer. dial.
► THE LAST RUN OF SMELT n. someone or something weakened by time or ill health; someone or something weak, inferior, or undesirable → 1946 Amer. dial.
► THE LAST STRAW n. a slight addition to a burden or difficulty that makes it finally unbearable → 1845
► THE LAST STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL’S BACK n. a slight addition to a burden or difficulty that makes it finally unbearable → 1846
► LAST THE WORD adj. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LAST WHEW n. the last whistle, the signal to workmen to commence work → 1868 Eng. dial.
► LASTY adj. durable, long-lasting, enduring → 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LAST YEAR’S BIRD’S NEST n. something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy → 1905 Amer. dial.
► LAST YEAR’S CROW’S NEST n. something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LAST YEAR’S WASP NEST n. something utterly worthless, senseless, outmoded, or untidy → 1986 Amer. dial.
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