Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LEAP, n.

1. A jump; a spring; a bound; act of leaping.
2. Space passed by leaping.
3. A sudden transition or passing. – Swift.
4. The space that may be passed at a bound. 'Tis the convenient leap I mean to try. – Dryden.
5. Embrace of animals. – Dryden.
6. Hazard, or effect of leaping. – Musk.
7. A basket; a weel for fish. [Not in use.] – Wicliffe.