† ˈlunyie Sc. ? Obs.
Also 6 lonȝe, lounie, 7 leungyie, 9 lunzie, lungie.
Var. of loin n.
| 1508 Dunbar Flyting w. Kennedie 121 Lene larbar, loungeour, baith lowsy in lisk and lonȝe. a 1520 ― Poems xxvi. 75 Belliall, with a brydill renyie, Evir lascht thame on the lunyie. 1575 R. B. Apius & Virginia iiij b, Your fatlings are feding well Sir, the Gods be praised, A goodly lounie of beef on them is all redy raised. 1686 G. Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 13, I saw your Naig, else I'm a Whelp I took his Leungyie sike a Skelp. 1818 Scott Br. Lamm. xxii, Broad in his shouthers and narrow around the lungies. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 14 He gave his lunzie sic a lounder As did the sillie man dumfounder. |