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~La-sw�y~, _n., adj._ French, LA SOIE. _Silk; silken._
~La-t�hb~, _n._ French, LA TABLE. _A table._
~La-tet'~, _n._ French, LA T�TE. _The head._ Pil latet, _red-headed._
~La-tlah'~, _n._ French, TRAIN; as, "ne faites pas de train." (Anderson).
_A noise._ Mamook latlah, _to make a noise._
~La-wen'~, _n._ French, L'AVOINE. _Oats._
~La-west'~, _n._ French, LA VESTE. _A waistcoat._
~Lazy~, _adj._ English, idem. _Lazy._
~Le-b�h-do~ (often pronounced lab'-a-do), _n._ French, LE BARDEAU. _A
shingle._
~Le-bal'~, _n._ French, idem. _A ball; bullet._ Tenas lebal, _shot._
~Le-bis'-kwie~, _n._ French, LE BISCUIT. _Biscuit; crackers; hard bread._
~Le-blau'~, _n., adj._ French, LE BLOND. _A sorrel horse; chestnut
colored._
~Le-clem'~, _n., adj._ French, LE CR�ME. _Cream-colored; a cream-colored
or light dun horse._
~Le-cock'~, _n._ French, LE COQ. _A cock; a fowl._
~Le-doo'~, _n._ French, LE DOIGT. _A finger._
~Le-gl�y~, _n., adj._ French, LE GRIS, or English GRAY, with French
article. _A gray horse; gray._
~Le-jaub'~. See DIAUB.
~Le-kl�h~, _n._ French, LE CLEF. _A key._ Mamook le kleh, _lock the door._
~Le-kloo'~, _n._ French, LE CLOU. _A nail; nails._
~Le-koo'~, _n._ French, LE COU. _The neck._
~Le-ky'e~, _n., adj._ Mr. Anderson derives this from a Canadian word
_caille,_ meaning _a piebald horse._ In its jargon use, it means, also, _a
spot, spotted,_ or _speckled;_ as, lekye salmon, _the spotted or winter
salmon_ (_salmo canis,_ Suckley).
~Le-lo'-ba~, _n._ French, LE RUBAN. _A ribbon._
~Le-loo'~, _n._ French, LE LOUP. _A wolf_ (the large wolf).
~Le-m�h~, or ~L�h-ma~, _n._ French, LA MAIN. _The hand; the arm._ Kloshe
lemah, _the right_ (literally, _the good hand_); potlatch lemah, _shake
hands._
~Le-m�h-to~, _n._ French, LE MARTEAU. _A hammer._
~Le-mel'~, _n._ French, LE MULET. _A mule._
~Le-mo'-lo~, _n., adj._ French Canadian, LE MORON; undoubtedly a
corruption of MARRON, _a runaway negro._ _Wild; untamed._ It applies to
men as well as animals, as, for instance, to the tribes which have had no
intercourse with the settlements.
~Le-moo'-to~, or ~Lam'-mu-to~, _n._ French, LES MOUTONS. _Sheep._
~Le-pan'~, _n._ French, LE PAIN. _Bread; raised or light bread._
~Le-pee'~, _n._ French, LE PIED. _The feet._
~Le-pish'-e-mo~, _n._ Qu�re u. d. _The saddle-blanket and housings of a
horse._
~Le-pl�t~, _n._ French, LE PR�TRE. _A priest._
~Le-pwau'~, _n._ French, LES POIS. _Peas._
~Le-sak'~, _n._ French, LE SAC. _A bag; a pocket._
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