lass

noun lasses

1. A girl; also (by extension), a young woman. Come and dance, ye lads and lasses!

   Similar: babe, bint, bird, cake, chick, colleen, cutty, damoiselle, damsel, elrig, frail, gal

2. specifically A female member of the Salvation Army; a hallelujah lass. Jenny Hill, a pale, overwrought, pretty Salvation lass of 18, comes in through the yard gate, leading Peter Shirley, a half hardened, half worn-out elderly man, weak with hunger.

   Similar: babe, bint, bird, cake, chick, colleen, cutty, damoiselle, damsel, elrig, frail, gal

3. Geordie, Wearside, especially A sweetheart. But firſt him ſeemed fit, that vvounded Knight / To viſite, after this nights perillous paſſe, / And to ſalute him, if he vvere in plight, / And eke [also] that Lady his faire louely laſſe.

   Similar: babber, babe, precious, bae, baby, babycakes, bubba, bully, buttercup, cabbage, chickabiddy, chickadee

4. Northern England, Scotland A female servant; a maid, a maidservant. […] I'll tell ye that after we are done wi' our supper, for it will may be no be sae weel to speak about it while that lang-lugged limmer o' a lass is gaun flisking in and out o' the room.
5. Scotland, familiar A term of address for a woman, or a female animal. As fair art thou, my bonie laſs, / So deep in luve am I; / And I will luve thee ſtill, my Dear, / Till a' the ſeas gang dry.