flatten

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"That's no the w'y the lambs o' his flock are i' the w'y o' behavin themsels!—I fear me, sir, ye're lattin yer heart rin awa wi' yer jeedgment!"

From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George

A pretty fellow you are," said Will o'Gunmerlie, "ye leein scoon'rel! but yese get your ser'in for lattin aff yon villain, that ye used to misca' waur nor ony Johnstone.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

He's aye bringin' things to the licht, no covenin' them up and lattin them rot, an' the moth tak' them.

From David Elginbrod by MacDonald, George

Made of lattin; as a lattin saucepan, a lattin teakettle, &c.

From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by Jennings, James

Basons of diuers sorts, but the most lattin.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Hakluyt, Richard