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Leth, n.2 Also: leith. [Var. of Lith n.: cf. ME. leth (15th c.).] A joint of the body. a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 766.
Now all the lethis on his tender bak Thai sa depart [etc.] 1513 Doug. i. iv. 31.
[The] Troianys … Thare lethis and lymmys in salt watir bedyit Ib. iii. viii. 11.
Sone on our irkyt lymmys, lethis and banys The naturale rest of sleip slaid al atanys Ib. iv. xii. 103.
To mak ane end Of al the juncturis and lethis of hir cors 1531 Bell. Boece I. xxxvii.
Infirmiteis … sik as … gut and cater disce[n]ding in the hanches or lethes of men and wemen Ib. II. 123. 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 161/454.
To sau his iointis & leithis
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