leerie

leerie (plural leeries)

1. a lamplighter
   • 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Lamplighter:

     Now Tom would be a driver and Maria go to sea,
     And my papa’s a banker and as rich as he can be;
     But I, when I am stronger and can choose what I’m to do,
     O Leerie, I’ll go round at night and light the lamps with you!

2. the light of a lamp, candle, etc.; a lamp

• Dictionary of the Scots Language

• eelier