KNOCK. See Cnoc.
LAX (Scand.; Ger. _lachs_), 'a salmon'; as Loch _Lax_ford in Sutherland;
the _Lax_ay in the Hebrides and in Man; _Lax_weir on the Shannon.
LEAMHAN (Ir. and Gael.; pron. _lavawn_), 'the elm-tree;' as in _Leven_,
_Lennox_, _Laune_.
LEA, LEE, LEY (A.S. _leáh_), 'a meadow;' Had_leigh_, Water_loo_.
LINN (Celt.), 'a waterfall;' as _Lynn_ Regis in Norfolk; Ros_lin_, 'the
promontory (_ross_) at the fall;' _Lin_lithgow, _Lin_ton.
LIS (Celt.), 'an enclosure,' 'a fort,' 'a garden;' as _Lis_more ('the great
enclosure' or 'garden').
LLAN (W.), 'an enclosure,' 'a church;' as _Llan_daff ('the church on the
Taff').