leglen

[leg-lin] /ˌlɛg lɪn/

noun, Scot. and North England.

laggin.

a milk pail.

Origin of leglen

Icelandic

1715-1725

1715-25; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Icelandic legillinn the keg, equivalent to legill keg (≪ Latin; see lagena) + -inn the

laggin

[lag-uh n] /ˈlæg ən/

noun, Scot. and North England.

Usually, laggins. the staves at the bottom of a barrel, cask, or other hooped vessel.

the inner angle of a wooden dish, formed by the meeting of the sides and bottom.

Origin

1580-90; lagg (< Old Norse lǫggr stave) + -in, variant of -ing³

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Katharine had begun a-milking, but when she beheld her father coming across the meadow, she left her leglen and ran home.

The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales, Vol. II (of 2) James Hogg

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