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Leid vs Loid - What's the difference?

leid | loid |

As a noun leid

is woe, harm, grief, sorrow, suffering, affliction.

As a verb loid is

to force (a lock) by slipping a credit card or similar thin object between the door and the frame.

leid

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)

Etymology 1

From earlier leed, from (etyl) lede, reduced form of leden, . More at .

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Scotland'', ''chiefly poetic ) language
    • Usage notes
    * Commonly understood language, either literally or metaphorically: *: A daena speak the leid . ----

    loid

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To force (a lock) by slipping a credit card or similar thin object between the door and the frame.
  • * 1983 , Ronald L. Cruit, Intruder in your home (page 42)
    • A deadbolt can't be loided because it doesn't have a curved, self-latching bolt.
  • * 2012 , Lawrence Fennelly, Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention (page 346)
    • The loiding of windows is accomplished by inserting a thin stiff object between the meeting rails or stiles to move the latch to the open position, or by inserting a thin stiff wire through openings between the stile or rail and the frame