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be light not
As this is not meant to destroy the appetite for other viands, it should be light, not too rich or thick.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

beneficial Llesiant n
voice Llefiad, n. enunciation Llefiadawl, a. enunciate Llefn, a. even, sleek, smooth Llefnyn, n. a blade, a slab Llefr, a. coward, timid, faint Llefrin, a. of a spreading nature Llefrith, n. sweet milk Llefrithen, n. stye on the eye Lleg, n. that whips round Llegach, n. a sluggish one Llegest, n. a gorbelly; a lobster Llegu, v. to flag, or to lag Llegus, a. apt to flag; sluggish Llegynt, n. oppression Llegyrn, n. a dwarf Lleiad, n. diminution Lleiaf, n. the least: a. least, smallest Lleian, n. a grey one; a nun Lleianaeth, n. life of a nun Lleiandy, n. a nunnery Lleianu, v. to take the veil Lleianyn, n. a wren Lleiau, v. to diminish, to lessen Lleibiad, n. a lapping Lleibio, v. to lap, or to lick Lleibiol, a lapping, lambent Lleibiwr, n. a lapper Lleidfa, n. a clayey place Lleidiogi, v. to turn clayey Lleidiogrwydd, n. muddiness Lleidio, v. to turn to clay Lleidiog, a. lutulent, muddy Lleidr, n. a thief, a stealer Lleiddawd, n. sluggish state Lleiddiad, n. a slayer Lleifiad, n. a reaping Lleifiaw, v. to cut; to reap Lleigiaw, v. to flag; to skulk Lleilai, a. being less and less Lleill, n. others; the rest Lleinell, n. a narrow slip Lleiniad, n. a blading Lleinio, v. to blade; to shred Lleion, n. a dark blue marble Lleipio, v. to lap, to lick Lleipr, a. flaccid, flabby Lleipraw, v. to droop, to flag Lleipriad, n. a turning flabby Lleiprog, n. a lamprey Lleirwyd, n. fine for adultery Lleisiad, n. a sounding; a touation; a counter tide Lleisio, v. to sound, to utter Lleisiol, a. belonging to the voice Lleisiwr, n. a bawler Lleisw, n. lixivium, or dye Lleithad, n. a turning humid Lleithawd, n. a damping Lleithban, n. soft roe of fish Lleithder, n. dampness Lleithdra, n. dampness Lleithiannu, v. to cause dissolution Lleithiant, n. a damp state Lleithiar, a. apt to dissolve Lleithig, n. a bench; a throne Lleithian, n. humid weather Lleithio, v. to moisten Lleithlyd, a. apt to be damp Lleithon, n. soft roe of fish Lleithrid, n. a flash, a gleam Llem, a. sharp, pungent Llemain, v. to hop, or to skip Llemidydd, bouncer; porpoise Llemwst, n. sharp perception Llemysten, n. sparrow-hawk Llen, n. literature, erudition Llen, n. a veil; a curtain Llenawg, a. literate, learned Llenawr, n. a scholar; a clerk Lleniad, n. a veiling over Lleniedydd, n. a veiler Llenlath, n. a curtain-rod Lleinlian, n. sheeting, sheets Llenoriaeth, n. literature Llenu, v. to veil, to envelope Llenwad, n. a filling; a flowing Llenwi, v. to fill; to flow in Llenwr, n. a clergyman Lleng, n. a legion; a host Llengawl, a. legionary Llengcyn, n. a stripling Llengel, n. a veil, a covering Llengig, n. the diaphragma Llengudd, n. a veil covering Lleoldeb, n. locality, localness Llepiad, n. a lapping, a licking Llepian, v. to keep lapping Llepio, v. to lap, to lick up Llepiol, a. lapping, licking Ller, n. nicety; satiety; cockle Llerc, n. a frisk; loitering Llercian, v. to frisk; to loiter Llercyn, n. a loiterer; a lurker Lleren, n. a cockle, or darnel Llerf, a subtile; sharp, acerb Llerpyn, n. a shred, or a rag Llerpyna, v. to shred, to tear Llerpyniad, n. a tearing Llerth, n. subtilty; a frenzy Llerthiad, n. a turning frantic Llerthu, v. to turn frantic Lleru, v. to satiate; to be nice Llerw, n. that is nice or delicate, a. nice, delicate; squeamish Lles, n. benefit, profit, good Llesg, n. feeble, faint: sluggish Llesgâad, n. a debilitating Llesgâu, v. to weaken Llesgedd, n. debility Llesgen, n. a sluggish fit Llesgiad, n. debilitating Llesiad, n. a benefitting Llesiannu, v. to make beneficial Llesiant, n. benefit, advantage Llesmar, n. a fainting fit Llesmeiriad, n. a swooning Llesmeirio, v. to swoon Llesol, a. advantageous Llest, n. that heaps together Llestair, n. let, obstruction Llesteiriad, n. an obstructing Lleisteirio, v. to obstruct Llesteiriol, a. obstructing Llesteiriwr, n. an obstructer Llestr, n. a vessel; a matrix Llestriaid, n. a vessel-full; a two and a half bushel measure Llestriad, n. a putting in a vessel Llestrwr, n. one who puts in a vessel Llestru, v. to put in a vessel Llestryn, n. a small vessel Lleswyra, v. to take airing Lletbai, a. oblique; pliant Lletbeiad, n. a turning oblique Lletrog, n. a flat cake Lletteugar, a. hospitable Lletteugarwch, n. hospitality Llettrod, n. a traverse Llettrodawl, a. traversing Llettrodi, v. to reverse over Lletty, n. a lodging; an inn Llettya, v. to lodge, to quarter Llettyad, n. a taking lodging Llettyaeth, n. act of lodging Llettywr, n. a lodger Llettywraig, n. a woman lodger Lletwed, n. a ladle, a large spoon Lleth, a. flabby; drooping Llethawl, a. flattening; overlaying Llethfad, n. a flattening; an overlaying Llethr, n. a slope, a declivity Llethrawd, heap of rubbish Llethrawl, a. declivous Lleithriad, n. a sloping down Llethrid, n. flash, a gleam Llethru, v. to slope down Llethu, v. to flatten; to overlay Llethwr, n. an overlayer Lleu, v. to explain; to lecture; to place, to lay Lleuad, n. the moon Lleuadawl, a. lunar, lunary Lleuadiad, n. a lunation Lleuawg, a. full of lice, lousy Lleudid, n. splendor Lleuen, n. a louse Lleuer, n. light Lleuerad, n. shedding of light Lleuerawl, a. illuminating Lleueru, v. to shine Lleuerydd, n. a luminary Lleufer, n. light; splendor Lleuferu, v. to illumine Lleuferydd, n. an illuminator Llew, n. that devours; a lion Llewa, v. to devour; to swallow, to take food Llewaidd, a. leonine Llewen, n. a point to which any thing verges; a focus Llewenydd, n. a verging point Llewes, n. a she lion, a lioness Llewi, v. to swallow Llewin, a. occident, western Llewyg, n. a swoon, a trance Llewygawl, a. swooning, fainting Llewygiad, n. a fainting away Llewygu, v. to swoon, to faint Llewyn, n. a radiating point; the west; a gleam; the orach Llewynu, v. to verge to a focus Llewynydd, n. occident Llewyrch, n. brightness, reflection of light; complexion Llewyrchiad, n. an illuming Llewyrchiant, n. illumination Llewyrchu, v. to reflect light Llewyrchus, a. lightsome Llewyrn, n. meteor Llewyrnu, v. to produce meteors Lleyg, n. a layman; a yeoman Lleyn, n. a low strip of land Lleynlys, n. the scurvy grass Lli, n. a flux, a flood, a stream Lliad, n. a flooding, a streaming Lliain, n. linen-cloth, linen; a towel; a napkin Lliant, n. a torrent, a stream Llias, n. a parted state Lliasiad, n. privation Lliaws, n. a multitude, a number: a. many, frequent, much Llib, n. a flaccid state Llibin, a. flaccid, limber, soft Llibiniaw, v. to turn flaccid Llibyn, n. a fribble Llid, n. wrath, indignation Llidiad, n. a raising anger Llidiaw, v. to inflame, to enrage Llidiog, a. wrathful; inflamed Llidiogi, v. to become unflamed Llidiogrwydd, n. wrathfulness Llidus, a. wrathful Llieingig, n. a midriff Llieiniad, n. a putting on linen Llieiniawg, a. wearing linen Llieiniwr, n. a linen-draper Llieinrwd, n. lint Llieinwe, n. a piece of linen Llieinwisg, n. a linen garment Llif, n. a flood, a deluge, a saw Llifad, n. fluxion, flowing Llifaid, a. ground or whetted Llifddwfr, n. a torrent Llifedigaeth, n. grinding an edge Llifeiriad, n. an overflowing Llifeiriant, n. an inundation Llifeiriaw, v. to overflow Llifiad, n. a sawing with a saw Llifiant, n. a defluxion, a flow Llifio, v. to saw, to cut with a saw Llifion, n. saw-dust; filings Llifiwr, n. a sawyer Llifo, v. to flow, to stream: v. to grind; to file Llifol, a. flowing, streaming Llifweli, n. an issue Llifwydd, n. boards, planks Llig, n. that shoots or glides Llill, n. an epithet for a goat Llillen, n. a young goat Llimp, n. sleek or glossy Llimprin, n. spoon meat Llin, n. fine thread; a fibre, grain of wood; a line; a flax Llinar, a. of a smooth nature Llinariad, n. an assuaging Llinaru, v. to assuage Llindag, n. a strangle Llindagiad, n. a strangling Llindagu, v. to strangle Llindagwr, n. a strangler Llindro, n. the dodder Llindys, n. caterpillar Llinell, n. a line; a streak Llinelliad, n. making lines Llinellu, v. to draw lines Llinen, n. a splinter; a fibre Llinhad, n. linseed, flax-seed Llinhesg, n. sort of reed grass Llinon, n. grain of ash; a spear Llinos, n. a linnet; a beauty Llinosen, n. a little linnet Llinwydd, n. the liverwort Llinyn, n. a line; a string Llinynawg, a. having strings Llinynu, v. to line, to string Llion, n. an aggregate of floods Lliosbarth, a. of many parts Lliosdroed, a. many-footed Lliosgib, a. multicapsular Lliosliw, a. having many colours Llioslun, a. multiform Lliosog, a. multitudinous Lliosogi, v. to multiply Lliosogrwydd, n. multitude Lliosogwr, n. multiplier Llipa, a. flaccid, flagging Llipâad, n. a turning flaccid Llipan, n. a limp or a glib one Llipanu, v. to make glib Llipâu, v. to grow flabby Llipryn, n. that flags; a fribble Lliprynrwydd, n. flabbiness Lliprynu, v. to render flaccid Llith, n. a lure; a bait; a mash; a lesson Llithiad, n. an alluring; a lecturing Llithiant, n. alectation Llithio, v. to draw to, to attract, to entice, to lecture, to bait Llithiogi, v. to render alluring Llithiol, a. allective, alluring Llithiwr, n. an allurer Llithr, n. a glide; a slip Llithred, n. a glide or a slip Llithriad, n. a slipping Llithriant, n. lubricity Llithrig, a. sliding; slippery Llithrigaw, v. to make slippery Llithrigder, n. slipperiness Llithrigiad, n. lubrification Llithrigrwydd, n. slipperiness Llithro, v. to glide, to slip Llithrol, a. gliding; slipping Llithwr, n. a lecturer Lliw, n. a colour; a figure Lliwadwy, a. colourable Lliwdy, n. a dyeing-house Lliwgar, a. of good colour Lliwiad, n. a colouring Lliwied, v. to stain; to reproach Lliwio, v. to colour; to dye Lliwiog, a. having a colour Lliwiwr, n. a colourist, a dyer Lliwlys, n. dying plant, woad Lliwusrwydd, n. goodness of colour Lliwyddiaeth, n. art of dyeing Llo, n. a mass; a calf Llob, n. a dolt, a blockhead Lloc, n. a dam; a fold Llociad, n. a penting up Llocio, v. to pent; to fold Llocust, n. a locust Lloches, n. a refuge Llochi, v. to harbour; to fondle Llochiad, n. an encourager Llochwyd, n. a secret covert Llod, n. a forcible utterance Llodedd, n. a state of craving Llodes, n. a girl, or a wench Llodi, v. to reach out; to crave Llodig, a. craving; brimming Llodigaw, v. to be brimming Llodigiad, n. a brimming Llodrawg, a. having breeches Llodri, v. to put on breeches Llodrwr, n. a breeches-maker Llodryn, n. a pair of breeches Llodw, a. spirting, squirting Llodwedd, n. a mite, a farthing Llodwy, n. a spirt, a squirt Llodi, v. to solace, to soothe Lloddiad, n. a solacing Lloegr, n. England Lloegrwys, n. the ancient inhabitants of England Lloer, n. the moon Lloeran, n. a lunette Lloerawl, a. lunar, lunary Lloercen, n. a moon calf; a dolt Lloeren, n. a lunette; a spot Lloerenu, v. to form spots Lloergan, n. the moonshine Lloergant, n. orb of the moon Lloeriad, n. a lunation Lloerig, a. lunatic, crazy Lloerigaw, v. to become lunatic Lloerigen, n. a female lunatic Lloerigyn, n. a male lunatic Lloerni, n. moon’s influence Lloes, n. a sigh; a pang Lloesedd, n. languishment Lloesi, v. to eject; to sigh Lloesiad, n. ejection; a groaning Llof, n. an excrescence Llofeliad, n. a coaxing Llofelu, v. to coax, to stroke Llofen, n. the burbot, a fish Llofenan, n. the burbot Llofi, v. to handle; to bestow Llofion, n. pickings, cullings Llofiad, n. a handling, a giving Lloflen, n. the palm, or grasp Lloflenan, n. the weasel Llofres, n. branching of the ribs Llofrudd, n. a murderer Llofruddiad, n. a murdering Llofruddiaeth, n. murder Llofruddio, v. to murder Llofruddiog, a. murderous Llofyn, n. a whisp; a braid Llofynawg, a. having a whisp Lloffa, v. to lease, to glean Lloffiad, n. a gleaning Lloffwr, n. a gleaner Lloffyn, n. bundle of gleanings Llog, n. an augment; a compact; benefit; interest; hire Llogail, n. a bracer, a fence; a crib, a pen Llogawd, n. a space parted off: a cupboard; a chancel Llogawl, a. relating to interest or hire Llogeilwydd, n. the eaves beam Llogell, n. a partition: a closet, a drawer; a pocket Llogelliad, n. a pocket-full Llogellu, v. to put up; to pocket Llogi, v. to covenant, to hire Llogaid, n. a hiring, a lending Llowgr, n. a covenanter, a hirer, a borrower Llogwrn, n. a pigmy, a dwarf Llogwydd, n. a chancel Llom, a. bare, naked, exposed Llomen, n. a naked female Llomi, v. to make bare Llon, a. cheerful, glad, pleased Llonaid, n. fulness, or fill Llonaidd, a. apt to be cheerful Llonc, n. a gulp, a swallow Llonder, n. cheerfulness, joy Lloneiddio, v. to render cheerful Lloni, v. to solace, to gladden Lloniad, n. a gladdening Lloniant, n. inward pleasure Llonychiad, n. a giving pleasure Llonychu, v. to make cheerful Llonydd, a. at ease, at rest, quiet Llonyddiad, n. a quieting Llonyddol, a. tending to quiet Llonyddu, v. to quiet Llonyddwch, n. quietness Llonyddwr, n. a tranquilizer Llong, n. a ship Llongborth, n. harbour for ships Llongdor, n. a shipwreck Llongdoriad, n. shipwrecking Llongddrylliad, n. shipwrecking Llongddryllio, v. to shipwreck Llongi, v. to go on board a ship Llongiad, n. a going on board Llongiadaeth, n. navigation Llongiadu, v. to navigate Llonglwyth, n. a ship-load Llongsaer, n. a shipwright Llongsaerniaeth, n. the act of ship-building Llongwr, n. a sailor Llongwriaeth, n. seamanship Llongwrio, v. to work a ship Llop, n. a buskin; a boot Llopan, n. sort of shoe Llopanu, v. to wear buskins Llopanwr, n. a buskin maker Llor, n. that bulges out; a bulb Lloriad, n. a floor-ful Llorf, n. a pillar Llorfdant, n. base string of a harp Lloriad, n. a laying a floor Llorio, v. to lay a floor Lloriog, a. floored; groveling Llorion, n. sweepings; bottoms Llorlen, n. a floor-cloth Llorp, n. a side-beam; a shank Llorpog, a. having a side-beam Llorwydd, n. laurelwood Llosg, n. a burn; heat, inflammation Llosgaberth, n. burnt sacrifice Llosgach, n. unnatural lust Llosgadwy, a. conbustible Llosgawl, a. burning, ignitive Llosged, n. that is burnt Llosgedig, a. scorched Llosgedd, n. state of burning Llosgen, n. a blister Llosgfaen, n. brimstone Llosgfal, n. a burning mountain Llosgi, v. to burn; to be burning Llosgiad, n. a burning Llosgrach, n. scabs of itch Llosgwrn, n. a tail Llosgwynt, n. a singeing blast Llosgyrnog, a. having a tail Llost, n. a dart; a sting; a tail Llosten, n. a tail; genitals Llostlydan, n. spattle-tail, beaver Llostodyn, n. a metre so called Llu, n. a throng; a host Lluad, n. a thronging Lluadu, v. to throng, to flock Lluan, n. that glitters with light Lluanu, v. to reflect light Lluarth, n. an encampment Lluarthu, v. to form a camp Lluch, n. a throw; a glance a darting, flashing Lluched, n. a gleam; lightning Lluchedawl, a. flashing Llucheden, n. a flash; a fever Lluchedenawl, a. gleaming Lluchedeniad, n. a gleaming Lluchedenu, v. to gleam Lluchediad, n. a coruscation Lluchedyn, n. a gleam, a flash Lluchfa, n. a drift, a throw Lluchfryd, a. of ardent passion Lluchfrys, a. of ardent haste Lluchiad, n. a throwing, a drifting Lluchiaw, v. to throw, to fling, to pelt, to drift Lluchiawl, a. flinging Lluchlam, n. a darting stride Lluchochr, n. the coral Lluchwayw, n. a javelin, a dart Lluchynt, n. a violent onset Llud, n. pure ore, wealth, a. close, compact, essential Lludlyd, a. full of ashes Lludw, n. ashes Lludwlyd, a. of the nature of ashes Lludwlys, n. the artichoke Lludwog, a. full of ashes Lludd, n. obstacle, let Lludded, n. obstruction; burden fatigue Lluddediad, n. defatigation Lluddedig, a. fatigued Lluddedigaeth, n. fatigue Lluddedu, v. to fatigue; to be weary Lluddiad, n. an obstructing Lluddianu, v. to form an obstacle Lluddiant, n. a prevention Liuddio, v. to obstruct, to let Lluddiwr, n. a hinderer Lluedd, n. warfare, hostility Lluedda, v. to carry on war Llueddawg, a. having a host Llueddiad, n. a waging war Llueddwr, n. one who assembles, an army Lluest, n. encampment Lluestai, n. a campaigner Lluestfa, n. an encampment Lluestiad, n. an encamping Lluestu, v. to encamp Lluestwr, n. one who encamps Lluestyn, n. small encampment Llug, n. a gleam; a blotch: a. tending to appear: ad.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

before lies now
Thus he continued his flagitious courses from 1526 to 1533, inclusively, till there was news brought of the Wealth and Opulence of the Region of Perusia , whither the Spaniards marcht, and so for some time there was a Cessation of this Tyranny; but in a few days after they returned and acted enormous Crimes, robbed, and imprisoned them and committed higher offences against the God of Heaven; nor have they ye done, so that now these Three Hundred Miles of Land so populous (as I said before) lies now uncultivated and almost deserted.
— from A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them. by Bartolomé de las Casas

been lost not
In all kinds of injury and loss the lower and coarser soul is better off than the nobler soul: the dangers of the latter must be greater, the probability that it will come to grief and perish is in fact immense, considering the multiplicity of the conditions of its existence.—In a lizard a finger grows again which has been lost; not so in man.
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

band leader nor
This would not secure a band leader, nor good players on certain instruments.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

better Listen Note
The use of four different timbres in close four-part harmony is to be avoided, as the respective registers will not correspond: Bad Better Still slightly better [ Listen ] Note.
— from Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

by loud noises
But if the timorous feminine soul of the rice can be frightened into a miscarriage even by loud noises, it is easy to imagine what her feelings must be at harvest, when people are under the sad necessity of cutting down the rice with the knife.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

become light not
v [B2; b6] become light, not heavy.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Borneo lying north
This is briefly the whole history of British enterprise in that part of Borneo lying north of the equator, and it reflects little credit on the part played by our countrymen in Eastern affairs in those days.
— from A History of Sarawak under Its Two White Rajahs 1839-1908 by C. A. Bampfylde

but left no
The buffaloes passed on, but left no life behind them.
— from The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

became less numerous
Though Elizabeth persecuted the Catholics with a severity steadily increasing in proportion as they became less numerous and formidable, she remained to the last anxious to make conformity easy for them.
— from Queen Elizabeth by Edward Spencer Beesly

Balambangan lying north
Before the year 1706, they had made two successive attempts to fortify themselves at Benjarmasing; twice they have attempted an establishment [ 387 ] on the sickly island of Balambangan (lying north of Borneo, near Maludu); and in 1775, the Honorable Companyʼs ship Bridgewater was sent to Pasir with similar views.
— from The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Rajah of Sarawak James

been laid naked
[2] A wide frontier had been laid naked by this unexpected disaster, and more substantial evils were preceded by a thousand fanciful and imaginary dangers.
— from The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper


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