| Laborious | adj | Painful |
| Labourer | n | Navigator |
| Labourer, seasonal | n | Strapper |
| Labyrinth | n | Troy-Town |
| Lacking central stalk (of cabbage) | adj | Buzzel-Hearted |
| Ladle | n | Keach, Skippet |
| Lady-in-waiting | n | Company-keeper |
| Ladylike | adj | Ladyfied |
| Lady's slipper (plant) | n | Calcalary |
| Lagoon | n | Ear |
| Lake, mountain | n | Tarn |
| Lamb | v | Ean, Yean |
| Lamb, castrated male | n | Pur |
| Lamb's bollocks | n | Larbets |
| Lamb's tongue (flower) | n | Fighting-Cock |
| Lame | adj | Catching-Pen, Hip-Shot |
| Lame person | n | Lamiger |
| Lamprey | n | Chubby-Head |
| Lancet | n | Lance |
| Land ploughed several times | n | Fallow |
| Land prepared for seed | n | Breach |
| Land which abuts another property | n | Buttal |
| Land without farm buildings | n | Overland |
| Land, long strip of | n | Lannock |
| Land, thin strip of | n | Rap |
| Land, triangular piece of | n | Gore |
| Landing-place | n | Stade |
| Landmark | n | Therting |
| Landscape | n | Scape |
| Landslide | n | Rushment |
| Landslip | n | Colt |
| Lane, narrow | n | Strangway |
| Lanky | adj | Gant, Screely, Skaney |
| Lanky person | n | Slink |
| Lapwing | n | Corniwillen, Hornywink, Lymptwigg, Maulyarn |
| Lard | n | Mort, Sallis, Vley |
| Lard, residue of | n | Scallop |
| Lardy cake | n | Fatty-cake |
| Large | adj | Bumping, Feat, Hitching, Mickle |
| Large (of amount) | adj | Miserable |
| Large amount | n | Benjoram, Binder, Lerrick, Main |
| Large area | n | Reef |
| Large helping | n | Stodger |
| Large object | n | Hitcher, Slapper |
| Large piece | n | Louchet |
| Large quantity | n | Volume |
| Large-eyed | n | Saucer-eyed |
| Larva of gnat | n | Tittle-Tag |
| Larva of goat-moth | n | Log-Caterpillar |
| Lash of whip | n | Twister |
| Lash tightly | v | Scurrifunge |
| Last night | adv | Over-Night, To-Night |
| Last person in race | n | Lob |
| Last rites | n | Prayers of the Church |
| Last to finish a meal | n | Linnard |
| Lately | adv | Latterly, Rather |
| Lathe | n | Laff, Lare, Latt |
| Latrine | n | Dunnekin |
| Lattice (of window) | v | Louk |
| Laudanum | n | Lodlum |
| Laugh derisively | v | Grizzle |
| Laugh loudly | v | Hob |
| Lavender | n | Speet, Spick, Spike, Spikenard, Spuke |
| Laxative | n | Laxitory |
| Lay claim to | v | Crave |
| Lay down a hedge | v | Lade |
| Lay eggs | v | Ledge |
| Lay hedge | v | Splash |
| Lay planks | v | Plancher |
| Layabout | n | Drazack, Slickler |
| Layer | n | Cess, Lain |
| Layer of hay cut from rick | n | Cake |
| Layer of hay cut from rick | v | Slipe |
| Layers of hedge | n | Cleachers |
| Laziness | n | Hag, Isle-Of-Wight dog |
| Lazy person | n | Dawdle |
| Leadership skills | n | Direct |
| Leaf (metal) | n | Latten |
| Lean | v | Line, Lust |
| Lean (of cattle) | adj | Skenting |
| Leap | v | Lance |
| Leapfrog | n | Cocky-Warny, Ship-a-Sailing |
| Learn one's trade | v | Improve |
| Least | adj | Leastest |
| Leather | n | Kip |
| Leather strap on saddle | n | Avang |
| Leave alone | v | A-Be |
| Leave at a critical time | v | Unyoke in the Sherd |
| Leaves, dead | n | Kibble |
| Lecture | v | Documenty |
| Leech | n | Blood-Sucker |
| Leeks, made from | adj | Leeky |
| Leer | v | Glean, Slier |
| Left (1) | adj | Click |
| Left (2) | adv | Hither |
| Left-handed | adj | Cooche, Coochy. Gawk, Keck-Handed, Marlborough-Handed, Scoochy-Pawed, Watty |
| Legacy | n | Spud (3) |
| Legget | n | Poacher |
| Leggings | n | Galligaskins |
| Legs thinner on calf-side | n | Gibby-legs |
| Lemon balm (plant) | n | Balm |
| Lemon verbena | n | Lemon-plant |
| Lemon-scented agrimony | n | Haemony |
| Lengthwise | adv | Alongst |
| Lentils | n | Tills |
| Leper | n | Meazle |
| Less than | conj | Alassen |
| Lesser celandine | n | Bright-Eye |
| Lesser Duckweed | n | Groves, Grozens |
| Lesser Periwinkle (flower) | n | Blue Betsy, Sengreen |
| Lesser Spearwort | n | Spurwood |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | n | Barred Woodpecker |
| Lest | conj | Less, Lesten |
| Let business manage itself | v | Let the Tow Run Slack |
| Level | n | Levvy |
| Level of plough | n | Spill |
| Leveret | n | Parre |
| Liar | n | Liard, Ligster |
| Library book | n | Library |
| Licence to mine in the Forest of Dean | n | Gale |
| Licensed | adj | Allowed |
| Lichen | n | Brighten |
| Lich-Gate | n | Trim-Tram |
| Lie (1) | n | Rapper |
| Lie (2) | v | Whibble |
| Life | n | Live |
| Lifelike | adj | Parent |
| Light (1) | v | Tend |
| Light (2) | adj | Lissome |
| Light plough-horse | n | Cocker |
| Light-hearted | adj | Lightsome |
| Lignite | n | Noah-wood |
| Likelihood | n | Lection |
| Likely | adj | Liable, Liken |
| Likely to improve | adj | Altering |
| Limestone | n | Critch |
| Limp (1) | v | Clop, Flimp, Limple, Trimple |
| Limp (2) | adj | Limpsy |
| Limping | adv | Clappaty, Hippety-Hop, Lippitty-Lop |
| Line attached to salmon net | n | Muntle |
| Line of raked hay | n | Hatch |
| Line up (of shot) | v | Gunny |
| Line used in salmon fishing in the Severn | n | Belche |
| Lineage | n | Havage |
| Linen, strong | n | Brin |
| Linen, twilled | n | Drabbet |
| Linguist | n | Linguister |
| Linnet | n | Lennert, Linget |
| Linseed | n | Lintseed |
| Lintel | n | Clavel |
| Liquor, Medicinal | n | Comfortable stuff |
| Lisping | adv | Lipsy |
| Listen | v | Lowsen |
| Lithe | adj | Lither |
| Litter | n | Filtry |
| Litter (of animals) | n | Muster |
| Litter (of pigs) | n | Math, Trip, Vawth |
| Litter for horses | n | Berrithatch |
| Litter of pigs | n | Brood |
| Little | adj | Lile |
| Little bit | n | Thought |
| Little grebe | n | Dabber |
| Live-in (of servant) | adj | Indoors |
| Live-in servant | n | Indoor servant |
| Lively | adj | Flippant, Pert, Sprackt, Sprag, Tid, Yark |
| Lo | int | La |
| Load | n | Burcott, Tad |
| Load of corn or hay, small | n | Jibbet |
| Load of hay or straw, small | n | Jobbet, Jobble, Jogget |
| Load of laundry, large | n | Buck, Bucking |
| Load, small | n | Jagg, Ticket |
| Loaf | v | Moke |
| Loaf, small | n | Manchet |
| Loan | n | Lence |
| Local tax | n | Scot |
| Lode | n | Bunch |
| Lodge | v | Bed |
| Lodging-house | n | Lone |
| Loft | n | Lart, Tarrat |
| Log | n | Chog, Chowl, Chuck, Plock, Plug |
| Log for burning | n | Brand |
| Log put at the back of the fire | n | Back-Brand |
| Log, small | n | Oxer |
| Loin of veal or mutton | n | Kerle, Kiddon, Kidney |
| Loins | n | Lining |
| Loiter | v | Angle-Berry, Hanker, Lobbet, Mike, Sawm, Studel |
| Loiterer | n | Stickler |
| Loitering | adj | Swotchulting |
| Loll | v | Sule |
| Lollop | v | Loppet |
| London Pride | n | Nancy-Pretty, Peace and Plenty |
| Long (of distance) | adj | Dogged |
| Long for | v | Lang |
| Long sticks twisted to make a hedge | n | Raddle, Radling |
| Long, narrow strip of land | n | Lagger |
| Long-eared | adj | Lowle-Eared |
| Long-haired (of cats) | adj | Muffety |
| Long-tailed tit | n | Bottle-Tit, Bumbarrel, Bum-Towel, Caffin, Capon, Caton, Hag-Mall, Mumruffin |
| Look askance | v | Slize |
| Look busy without accomplishing anything | n | Diddle |
| Look for | v | Row for |
| Look here | int | Ellook, Yallack |
| Look miserable | v | Glump |
| Look red (of sky) | v | Scoul |
| Look slyly at | v | Glade |
| Look up | v | Kite |
| Looking like rain | adj | Altery |
| Loony | adj | Luny |
| Loop connecting the two parts of a flail | n | Capel, Caplin, Cattan |
| Loop dropped in netting | n | Stoler |
| Loose | adj | Latchety |
| Loose (of gravel) | adj | Shuff |
| Loose (of soil) | adj | Shifty, Shravey |
| Loose talk | n | Lurry |
| Loosen | v | Lowse |
| Lopsided | adj | Lobsided |
| Loquacious | adj | Tonguey |
| Lord (minced oath) | int | Lan, Loor |
| Lord have mercy | int | Lor-A-Massy |
| Lose | v | Loss |
| Lose hair | v | Peal |
| Loss | n | Lost |
| Lots | n | Lushings |
| Lounge | v | Linge |
| Lounge | v | Lunge |
| Lout | n | Knaw-Post |
| Loutish | adj | Louting |
| Love | v | Pity |
| Love, Platonic | n | Cotton-love |
| Lover | n | Lovier |
| Low-born | adj | Donkey-bred |
| Lower | v | Low |
| Lower | adj | Nether |
| Lowest stratum of Purbeck stone | n | Skull-Cap |
| Lozenge | n | Lozenger |
| Lug | adj | Lug |
| Lukewarm | adj | Luce, Rumbago |
| Lumbago | n | Spine |
| Luminous | adj | Blicant |
| Lump | n | Lob, Lunch, Mump |
| Lump in skin of cattle produced by gadfly larva | n | Wornil |
| Lump of bread or cheese, large | n | Hocket |
| Lump of coal | n | Nobbling |
| Lumps in dough | n | Slut's Farthings |
| Lumpy | adj | Charky |
| Lunch | n | Munch, Nammet, Nummatin, Nunch |
| Lungwort | n | Jerusalem Cowslip, Joseph and Mary |
| Lurk | v | Lurch |
| Luxuriant (of vegetation) | adj | Gross |
| Lying about (of clothes etc) | v | Kicking about |
| Lying flat | adv | Alie |
| Lymph-nodes, swollen | n | Crundles |
| Lynchpin | n | Linse-pin |
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