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leg⋅len

  [leg-lin]
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–noun Scot. and North England.
1. laggin.
2. a milk pail.
Origin:
1715–25; perh. < Scand; cf. Icel legillinn the keg, equiv. to legill keg (≪ L; see lagena ) + -inn the

lag⋅gin

  [lag-uhn]
–noun Scot. and North England.
1. Usually, laggins. the staves at the bottom of a barrel, cask, or other hooped vessel.
2. the inner angle of a wooden dish, formed by the meeting of the sides and bottom.
Also, lagen, laggen, leglen.

Origin:
1580–90; lagg (< ON lǫggr stave) + -in, var. of -ing 3
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