Llundain, n. London; the metropolis of Great Britain Lluniad, n. a forming, a shaping a figuring Lluniadawl, a. formative Lluniadu, v. to form, to shape Lluniaeth, n. formation; design; support; providence Lluniaethiad, n. a formation Lluniaethu, v. to put in form Lluniaethwr, n. a regulator Lluniaidd, a. shapely Lluniannu, v. to modify Lluniant, n. formation Lluniedydd, n. a delineator Llunio, v. to form, to shape Lluosog, a. abundant Lluosogwr, n. a multiplier Llur, n. a livid hue; a gloom Llurgyn, n. a carcase, carrion Llurguniad, n. a mangling Llurgunio, v. to mangle Llurguniwr, n. a mangler Lluriad, n. a making livid Llurs, n. razorbill Lluryg, n. a coat of mail Llurygaw, v. to wear a mail Llus, n. the bilberries Llusg, n. a draught, a drag Llusgen, n. one that drags along Llusgeniad, n. dragging heavily Llusgenol, a. creeping, dragging Llusgenu, v. to drag heavily Llusgiad, n. a dragging Llusgo, v. to drag, to hale Llusgwr, n. a dragger Lluswydd, n. bilberry trees Lluswydden, n. a bilberry shrub Lluwch, n. motes; spray; drift Lluwchiad, n. a drifting; a spraying; a flying of motes Lluwchio, v. to drift, to spray Lluwchiol, a drifting; spraying Lluwchion, n. flying particles Lluydd, n. warfare Lluydda, v. to be waging in war Lluyddiad, n. a waging war Lluyddol, a. military, warring Lluyddu, v. to wage war Lluyddwf, n. a soldier Llw, n. an oath Llwb, n. that tends to swell Llwch, n. dust, or powder Llwdn, n. young of beasts Llwfr, n. a coward Llwf, n. a jerk; a hop; hobble Llwg, n. that is bright; a botch, the scurvy: a. apt to break out; livid Llwgr, n. a gall, a fret; damage Llwm, a. bare, exposed Llwmbren, n. a kiln spar Llwmglwm, n. a hard knot Llwnc, n. a gulp, a swallow;
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
"I hope I'm as dangerous as Dr. Lett now believes."
— from The Hate Disease by Murray Leinster
The valley is intersected by the River Dee, the origin of which is a deep lake near Bala, about twenty miles to the west.
— from Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by George Borrow
The enemy tried to assault about dark last night, but gave it up as our artillery had an enfilading fire on them.
— from Personal Recollections and Civil War Diary, 1864 by Lemuel Abijah Abbott
IV.—He shall not lead an idle and dissolute life, nor be without visible means of obtaining an honest livelihood.
— from A History of Police in England by W. L. Melville (William Lauriston Melville) Lee
As Wilson says, the Adagia Scotica or a Collection of Scotch Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, Collected by R. B. Very Usefull and Delightfull (London: Nathaniel Brooke, 1668) "Turns out to be a page-for-page reprint ... provided with a new title and the initials of a new collector in order (is it unjust to say?) to deceive customers.
— from A Collection of Scotch Proverbs by Pappity Stampoy
Let parents, therefore, see to it that the school-rooms to which they send their children are clearly and properly lighted, that the books which they study are printed in a bold, clear type, and that no reading or study is permitted by a flickering or a dim light, nor before a desk or table which forbids a tolerably erect position of the head and shoulders.
— from The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by George H. (George Henry) Napheys
"We missed you right after dinner last night, Bob, and Diana asked for you several times.
— from The Secret Toll by Paul Thorne
Others again must marry for a livelihood; a strapping, merry, chocolate-coloured dame supports them in sheer idleness; and, dressed like natives, but still retaining some foreign element of gait or attitude, still perhaps with some relic (such as a single eye-glass) of the officer and gentleman, they sprawl in palm-leaf verandahs and entertain an island audience with memoirs of the music-hall.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 19 by Robert Louis Stevenson
"Jennie Goodman and me marries in 1885 and de Lawd never blessed us with any chillen.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
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