Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LEAS'ER, n.

A gleaner; a gatherer after reapers.

LEASH, n. [Fr. Jaime, lease; D. letse. Qu. It. laccio, L. areus.]

1. A thong of leather, or long line by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog. Shak.
2. Among sportsmen, a brace and a half; tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks and hares. Shak. Dennis.
3. A band wherewith to tie any thing. Boyle.

LEASH, v.t.

To bind; to bold by a string. Shak.

LEASH'ED, pp.

Bound; held by a string.

LEASH'ING, ppr.

Holding by a string.

LEAS'ING, n. [s as z. Sax. kasunge, from lease, lease, false.]

Falsehood; lies. [Obsolete or nearly so.]

LEAS'OW, n. [Sax. leswe.]

A pasture. [Obs.] Wickliffe.

LEAST, a. [superl. of Sax. les, less, contracted from lases& It can not be regularly formed from little.]

Smallest; little beyond others, either in sizo or degree; as, the least insect; the least mercy. Least is often used without the noun to which it refers- "I' am the least of the apostles," that is, the least apostle of all the apostles. I Cor. xv.

LEAST, adv.

1. In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it. At least, a to say no more; not to demand or affirm more. At the least, S than is barely sufficient; at the lowest de- gree. If he has not incurred a penalty, he at least deserves, censure. Me who tempts, though vain, at least asperses The tempted with dishonor. Aton
2. To say no more. Let useful observations be at least a part of your conversation. he lelost, in the smallest degree. His faculties are not in the least impaired. At leastwise, In the sense of at least, is obsolete.

LEAS'Y, a. [s as z.]

Thin; flimsy. It is usually pronounced sleazy. Amharn.

LEAT, n. [Sax. lit, durk.]

A trench to conduct water to or from a mill.

LEATH'ER,

1. or LETH'ER n. [Sax. kilter; G. and D. lax?; Sw. racier; C Dan. &thee; Arm- lest; Ir. leather. The most correct orthography is tether.]
2. The skin of an animal dressed and prepared for use.
3. Dressed hides in general.
4. Skin; in an ironical sense.

LEATH'ER, or LEATH'ER, a.

Leathern; consisting of leather; as, a leather glove.

LEATH'ER-COAT, n.

An apple with a tough coat or rind. Shak.

LEATH'ER-DRESS-ER, n.

One who dresses leather; one who prepares hides for use. Pope.

LEATH'ER-JACK-ET, n.

A fish of the Pacific Ocean. Cook.

LEATH'ER-MOUTHED, a.

By leather-mouthed fish, I mean such as have their teeth in their throat, as the chub. Walton.

LEATH'ERN, or LETH'ERN, a.

Made of leather; consisting of leather, as, a leathern purse; a leathern girdle.

LEATH'ER-S'LEER, or LETH'ER-SELL-ER, n.

A seller or dealer in leather

LEATH'ER-WING-ED, or LETWER-WING-ED, a.

Having wings like leather. Spenser.

LEATH'ER-Y, or LETH'ERY, a.

Resembling leather; tough. Gvew.

LEAVE, n. [Sax. leaf, kfe, from leafan, lefan, lyfan, to per. mit, to grant, to trust, to believe; G. erlaub, D. eorlof, verief, k. leave, Jurlow; Sax. kofan, to live, and to leave.]

1. Permission; allowance; license; liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed. No friend has leave to bear away the dead. Dryden. David earnestly asked leave of me. 1 Sam. xx.
2. Farewell; adieu; ceremony of departure; a formal parting of friends; used chiefly in the phrase to take leave. to Acts xviii.

LEAVE, v.i. [Fr. lever.]

To raise. [Not used] Spenser.

LEAVE, v.i.

To cease; to desist. He began at the eldest and left at the youngest Gen. xliv- To leave of, to cease; to desist; to stop. But when yon find that vigorous heat abate Leave off, and for another summons wait. Rescemmol.

LEAVE, v.t. pret.

1. and pp. left. [Sax. lefan, to leave; to lefan, to permit., to believe; lele, leave; 11, an, to live; kofan, to leave, to live; loofa, leave, permission, license; l:11.on, to permit, also to live. Rnt live is also written liban, n. fil.ban, with 6, which leave is not. Btlifan, to remain or be left; algran, to permit; ge-lefan, to leave, to permit, to believe; ge-leaf, leave, license, assent, consent, faith or belief; ge-lefan, to believe, to think or suppose, to permit, to live; ge-leofan,; ge-lyfan, to believe, to trust; gedylid, permitted or allowed, believed, lawful, also alive, having life; erg, loved; lufa, love, also belief; leoflie, faithful; willingly, lubenler; lovely. The German has leave in urlouli, a furlow, and belitf in glembe; lire in leben; and love in liebe, Mien, the Latin libet, lubet. Gr. {foreign}. Dan. lever, Sw. lefva, to live. These are a small part of the affinities of this word. The Germans and Dutch express the sense of leave by lassen, laaten, which is our let, Fr. laisser; and let in English has the sense both of permit and of hinder. The most prominent significations of leave, are to stop or forbear, and to withdraw.]
2. To withdraw or depart from; to quit for a longer or shorter time indefinitely, or for perpetuity. We left Cowes on our return to the United States, May 10, 1825. We leave home for a day or a year. The fever leaves the patient daily at a certain hour- The secretary has left the business of his office with his first clerk. A man shalt leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife- Gen. ii.
3. To forsake; to desert; to abandon; to relinquish. We have left all and followed thee. Mark x.
4. To suffer to remain; not to take or remove. Let no man lease of pt till the morning. Er- xvp.
5. To have remaining at death; as, to leave a good name.
6. To commit or trust to, as a deposit; or to suffer to remain I left the papers in the care of the consul.
7. To bequeath; to give by will. The deceased has left hi lands to his sons, but he has left a legacy to his only daughter.
8. To permit without .interposition. Of this, he leaves th reader to judge.
9. To cease to do; to desist from; to forbear. Let us return, lest my father leave caring for the asses an take thought for us- 1 Sam. px.
10. To refer; to commit for decision. To he left to one's self, to be deserted or forsaken; to be pet nutted to follow one's own opinions or desires. To leave of, to desist from; to forbear; as, to leave off wor at six o'clock. To leave off,
11. To cease wearing; as, to leave off a garment.
12. To forsake; as, to leave off an old acquaintance. Arbuthn To leave out, to omit; as, to leave out a word or name in vvriting.