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L On Ontario Land Record Index; transaction type; = lease LEGAL L 50 LATIN L labourer ABBREVIATION LA Louisiana, USA PLACE-NAME LA GRIPPE influenza MEDICAL LAB labourer ABBREVIATION LABORARIUS labourer LATIN LABORATOR labourer OCCUPATION LACE DRAWER a child employed in lace work who draws out threads OCCUPATION LACE MASTER worker in the production of lace OCCUPATION LACE MISTRESS worker in the production of lace OCCUPATION LACE RUNNER one who embroidered patterns on lace OCCUPATION LACEMAN dealer in lace, who collected it from the makers, usually only those who had bought his thread, and sold it in the lace markets OCCUPATION LACEWOMAN lady's maid OCCUPATION LADY a woman of rank and distinction; correlative to lord; the title of any woman whose husbamd is above the rank of baronet or knight TITLE LAGGER sailor OCCUPATION LAGRAETMAN local constable OCCUPATION LAITIER dairyman FRENCH LAITIÈRE dairywoman FRENCH LAN Lancashire, ENG PLACE-NAME LANARIUS weaver of wool; wool merchant LATIN LANARK STONE the Scottish standard for weight of 16 Scottish pounds WEIGHT LANDIMER a measurer of land OCCUPATION LANDWAITER customs officer whose duty was to wait or attend on landed goods OCCUPATION LANG HUNNER in early Scottish accounting number equivalent to 120 or 6 score; also long hundred MEASURE LANIUS butcher LATIN LANS DEO praise to God LATIN LAPIDARIUS stonemason LATIN LAPIDARIUS stonemason LATIN LARCENY the unlawful appropriation and use of another's property LEGAL LARDNER keeper of the cupboard OCCUPATION LAST a load or cargo of varying weight, usually about 4000 pounds; in Orkney the largest denomination of weight of meal, bear or butcherflesh; also a measure WEIGHT LAST a load or cargo of varying capacity; of rye 18.5 bolls; of fish 12 barrels (each containing 120 gallons); in Shetland the last was a unit of land valuation; also a weight MEASURE LASTER shoe maker OCCUPATION LATE deceased LEGAL LATER brickmaker LATIN LATTEN a fine kind of brass or bronze MATERIAL LATTENER maker or worker of latten - a kind of brass or bronze OCCUPATION LAUNDERER washer OCCUPATION LAUS DEO praise to God LATIN LAVENDER washerwoman OCCUPATION LAYER worker in paper mill responsible for a particular stage in paper OCCUPATION LB On Ontario Land Record Index; type of free grant = Land Board LEGAL LBG Limburg, BEL PLACE-NAME LBS pounds WEIGHT LD Latter Day Saints ABBREVIATION LDY Londonderry, IRL PLACE-NAME LEAD PALSY muscles of the forearm are palsied from lead in the body MEDICAL LEAGUE a measure of length varying in different countries; in England a land measure = 3 statute miles; a nautical league was 3.456 statute miles; a French league = 2.764 miles; a Spanish league = 4.214 miles; MEASURE LEASE a letting of lands, tenements, etc. to a person for a specified rent or compensation LEGAL LEAVELOOKER examined food on sale at market OCCUPATION LECTIS a brother's daughter LATIN LEDEN January CZECH LEDERER leather maker OCCUPATION LEECH physician OCCUPATION LEERIE lamplighter OCCUPATION LEGACY a bequest; a particular thing or certain sum of money given by a will LEGAL LEGERDEMAINIST magician OCCUPATION LEGGER canal boatman OCCUPATION LEGITIMUS legitimate LATIN LEI Leicestershire, ENG PLACE-NAME LEIGHTONWARD gardener OCCUPATION LEISHMANIASIS a group of diseases due to infection with a number of parasites of the genus Leishmania: transmitted to human by the bites of certain sandflies. MEDICAL LEISPUND a weight used in Orkney equal to 18 Scottish pounds; also lesh pund or lispund WEIGHT LEPRA leprosy MEDICAL LEPROSY chronic communicable disease characterized by red or livid tubercles over the body and a thickened state of the skin MEDICAL LESH PUND a weight used in Orkney equal to 18 Scottish pounds; also leispund or lispund WEIGHT LET Leitrum, IRL PLACE-NAME LETTERS TESTAMENTARY formal instrument of authority appointment given to an executor by the proper court empowering him LEGAL LEUCOPLAKIA white, thickened, horny patches that appear on the tongue as a result of chronic irritation MEDICAL LEUCORRHEA a white sticky discharge from the uterus and vagina due to infection MEDICAL LEUKEMIA a disease in which there is an enormous increase in the number of white cells in the blood MEDICAL LEUKEOCYTOSIS an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood MEDICAL LEVANTE witness LATIN LEX Leix (Queens), IRL PLACE-NAME LEX LOCI the law or custom of the place LATIN LEX NON SCRIPTA unwritten law; common law LATIN LEX SCRIPTA statute law LATIN LEX TALIONIS the law of retaliation LATIN LGD Languedoc, FRA PLACE-NAME LGE Liege, BEL PLACE-NAME LIBERI children LATIN LIBRAIRE bookseller FRENCH LIC license ABBREVIATION LICENTIUM license LATIN LIEN a legal claim; a right of one person to retain the property of another person until some claim of the former is paid or satisfied LEGAL LIGATUS bound, joined, married LATIN LIGHTERMAN worker on a flat OCCUPATION LIGNARIUS carpenter, joiner LATIN LILY OF THE VALLEY a flower that represents unconscious sweetness SYMBOLS LILY, DAY a flower that represents coquetry SYMBOLS LILY, WATER a flower that represents purity of heart SYMBOLS LILY, WHITE a flower that represents sweetness SYMBOLS LILY, YELLOW a flower that represents gayety SYMBOLS LIM Limerick, IRL PLACE-NAME LIMEBURNER maker of lime OCCUPATION LIMNER illuminator of books, painter or drawer OCCUPATION LIN Lincolnshire, ENG PLACE-NAME LINEAGE descendants in a line from a common progenitor GENEALOGY LINEAL in a direct line of ancestry or descent GENEALOGY LINENER linen draper, shirtmaker OCCUPATION LINER flax dresser OCCUPATION LINK a division of Gunter's measuring chain, having a length of 7.92 inches MEASURE LINKERBOY one who carried a link or torch to guide people through city streets at night for a small fee (a licensed trade in early 19th century); term later sometimes applied to general manservant OCCUPATION LINKERMAN one who carried a link or torch to guide people through city streets at night for a small fee (a licensed trade in early 19th century); term later sometimes applied to general manservant OCCUPATION LINTHGOW FIRLOT the Scottish standard firlot MEASURE LIP Lippe, GER PLACE-NAME LIPOMA a benign tumour made up of fat cells MEDICAL LIPPIE a fourth part of a peck; also forpet or stimpart MEASURE LIS PENDENS pending court action LEGAL LISPUND a weight used in Orkney equal to 18 Scottish pounds; also lesh pund or leispund WEIGHT LISTER dyer OCCUPATION LISTOPOD November CZECH LITERA SCRIPTA MANET the written letter remains LATIN LITHIASIS the formation of stone or concretions in the human body MEDICAL LITHOGRAPHE lithographer FRENCH LITSTER dyer OCCUPATION LITTERMAN groom of horses OCCUPATION LIVERYMAN a keeper or employee of a livery stable OCCUPATION LKS Lanark, SCT PLACE-NAME LLUN Monday WELSH LLYSFAB stepson WELSH LLYSFAM, MAM WEN stepmother WELSH LLYSFERCH stepdaughter WELSH LLYSTAD stepfather WELSH LMB Limburg, NL PLACE-NAME LMS Limousin, FRA PLACE-NAME LND London, ENG PLACE-NAME LOADSMAN ship's pilot OCCUPATION LOBLOLLY BOY ship's doctor's assistant or errand boy OCCUPATION LOBULAR PNEUMONIA an infection of a specific region of a lung MEDICAL LOCK KEEPER overseer of canal locks OCCUPATION LOCK TENDR lock tender ABBREVIATION LOCKED BOWELS severe constipation MEDICAL LOCKJAW a form of tetanus MEDICAL LOCO in the place; to take on lease; to hire; to place LATIN LOCO CITUTO in the place cited LATIN LOG Longford, IRL PLACE-NAME LONG HUNDRED an early Scottish accounting number equivalent to 120 or 6 score; also lang hunner MEASURE LONG SICKNESS tuberculosis MEDICAL LONG SONG SELLER street seller who sold popular songsheets printed on paper OCCUPATION LONGSHOREMAN stevedore OCCUPATION LOR Lorraine, FRA PLACE-NAME LORDAG Saturday NORWEGIAN LORDOSIS abnormal curvature of the spine with a convexity toward the front of the body MEDICAL LORIMER maker of bits & metal mountings for bridles or small ironworks or a worker of wrought iron OCCUPATION LOT a certain amount of grain given to a thresher as his wages - generally one twenty fifth part MEASURE LOTCH a handful or considerable quantity of something in a semi-liquid state (SCT) MEASURE LOTSELLER street seller OCCUPATION LOTTER one who bought odd lots of wool and consolidated them for sale OCCUPATION LOU Louth, IRL PLACE-NAME LOYALIST an American colonist who supported the British during the American Revolution; also called a Tory GENEALOGY LPZ Leipzig, DDR PLACE-NAME LT COL Lieutenant-Colonel ABBREVIATION LU Luzern, CH PLACE-NAME LU Lutheran; Evangelical Lutheran ABBREVIATION LUCK-PENNY a small sum given back by the person who receives a money in consequence of a bargain SCOTLAND LUDI MAGISTER schoolmaster, teacher LATIN LUE Lubeck, GER PLACE-NAME LUES syphilis MEDICAL LUES VENERA venereal disease MEDICAL LUGLIO July ITALIAN LUM SWOOPER chimney sweep OCCUPATION LUMBAGO back pain MEDICAL LUMBERMERCH Lumber merchant ABBREVIATION LUMPER dock laborer who discharged cargo of timber employed by a master lumper (not the Dock Company) OCCUPATION LUNDI Monday FRENCH LUNEDI Monday ITALIAN LUNES Monday SPANISH LUNG FEVER pneumonia MEDICAL LUNG SICKNESS tuberculosis MEDICAL LUNGS alchemist's servant whose duty was to fan the fire OCCUPATION LUPUS any form of tuberculous of the skin, characterized by brownish nodules or scaly red patches MEDICAL LUTHIER maker and repairer of stringed musical instruments OCCUPATION LUX Luxembourg PLACE-NAME LXM Luxembourg (province), BEL PLACE-NAME LYING IN the act of bearing a child MEDICAL LYMPHADENOMA cancer of the lymph glands; Hodgkin's Disease MEDICAL LYNER flax dresser OCCUPATION |
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