leaky 
There it no blah like to the quest'nlng fool : 
Ev'n scarce before you turn yourself atwnit. 
Whate'er lie hears his leaky tongue runs out. 
ll'iinilliin, tr. uf Horace's Epistles, I. 18. 
leal (lei), . [< M !:. !< V. /< /. < A !'. lull, OF. leial, 
later loial, loyal, F. loyal O E. loyal) = Sp. Pg. 
leal = It. /ca/f , loyul, faithful, < L. legalis, law- 
ful, legal: si-c liiynl, an immediate, anil /<;/"', "" 
ult. doublet of /</. With fc/, /<;///, >!'. ></'-' 
(obs.), royal.] True; faithful; loyal. [Now- 
only poetical or prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
And alle he lercd to be lele and eche a crafte loue other, 
And furbad hem alle debate that none were amonge hem. 
IHerx I'ltnnnaii (B), xix. 245. 
Or wha wad wish a lealer love 
Than Brown Adam the Smith? 
lir.ni 'ii Adam (Child's liullada, IV. 00). 
Vea, by the honour of the Table Round, 
I will be leal to thee and work thy work. 
Tennyson, 1'elleits and Ettarre. 
Land of the leal, the abode of the blessed after death ; 
paradise. [Scotch. | 
My soul longs to be free, Jean, 
And angels beckon me 
To the land o' the leal. 
Lady Nairne, The Land o' the Leal. 
lealt t v. t. [ME. lelen; < leal, .] To make true ; 
confirm as true. 
Whan the menskful messangera here message wisten, 
& hade letteres of here lord to lelrn here sawes. 
William of Paler ne (E. E. T. 8.), L 6284. 
lealand, layland (le'- ( la'land), . [Also /- 
kind; < ME. Island, layland, lei/lan<t,leylond,eto.; 
< leal (= layO) + land 1 .! Untilled land ; fallow 
ground. [Obsolete or local.] 
I have an alker of good lei/ land, 
Which lyetb low by yon sea strand. 
y/V Klfin Knight (Child's Ballads, I. 121). 
leally (lel'li), adv. [< ME. leclly, Icily, lely; < leal 
+ -ty2.] Truly; faithfully; loyally. [Rare.] 
They sal thorue holy kyrke rede 
Mynystre lely the godes of the dede. 
MS. //art. 2200, f. 50. (Ballitcell.) 
Hit ys l-Ibi not like, ne oure belefe askys, 
That suche ferlles shuld fall In a frale woman. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 420. 
lealty (lel'ti), n. [< ME. *lealte, leute, leutec, 
leaute, < OF. leaute, also loiinite, etc., > E. loyal- 
ty: see leal &ud loyalty.] Faithfulness; loyalty. 
[Rare.] 
Dot the Northereu men held him no leaute. 
Sob. of Brunne. p. 88. 
leam 1 (lem), . [< ME. leeme, leine, leoiue,<. AS. 
ledma (= OS. Homo = Icel. Ijomi), a gleam, ray, 
beam, flash of light, contr. of "ledhma, with 
formative -ma (of. L. lumen, light, with forma- 
tive -men), akin to leoht (with formative -t, orig. 
-th), light: see light 1 , . and o.] A gleam or 
flash of light; a glow or glowing. [Obsolete 
or Scotch.] 
The grete superflulte 
Of youre reede colera, parde. 
Which causeth folk to drenien, in here dremea, 
Of arwes, and of fyr with reede leemei. 
Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 110. 
When the Ingle lowed with an eiry Ittne, 
Late, late In the gloamiu' Kllmeny came hame. 
//'/;:;(. k ilmi'liy. 
leam 1 (lem), v. i. [< ME. Icemen, lemeu, < AS. 
li/intiii, 'liinan, in comp. a-liman(= Icel. Ijoinn). 
gleam, flash, shine, < leoma, a gleam: see leam 1 , 
.] To gleam; shine; glow. [Obsolete or 
Scotch.] 
The lawnces with loraynes, and lemanrle scheldea, 
Lyghtenande as the levenynge. and lemand al over. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. H.), 1. 246S. 
And when she spake her eyes did Icaine as fire. 
Mir. for Mag., p. 34. 
leam'-t (lem), u. Same as lime*. 
leamant, See leman. Bailey, 1731. 
learner 1 ! (le'iner), . [< leam 1 .'} A giver of 
light ; one who shines. 
Hayle, my lorde, Inner of light, 
Hayle, blussid tloure ! 
York Plays, p. lift. 
Ieamer 2 t (le'iner), . Same as limmerS. 
leamhoundt, . An obsolete variant of lime- 
hound. 
lean 1 (leu), r. ; pret. and pp. leaned, sometimes 
leant, ppr. leaning. [< ME. lenen, leoiien, linen 
(pret. lenfili', ]>p. li-neil), < (a) AS. hlinian, hleo- 
nian = OS. lilinon = OFries. Icna = D. lennen = 
OHG. Miiien, linen, MHG. linen, lenen, G. Irliin-n, 
intr., lean; (b) AS. Mifiifin = Dan. hrnr = Sw. 
lana, tr., cause to lean (in Sw. Dan. used onlyre- 
tiexively); = li.'rlinnre in incliniiri: lean upon, 
incline, declinare, lean or bend away, decline. 
rcclinare, lean back, recline, = Gr. ulivetv, bend, 
cause to loan : proli. Skt. y 7 ',''< Tae L - "dGr. 
words of this root, represented in E.,are numer- 
ous: as, from L., Hine, ileclinc, incline, rccliiu, uc- 
3389 
tlirity, declironn, declivity, proclivons, proclivity, 
etc. ; from Gr., clinic, clime*, climax, climacteric, 
etc.] I, iutranx. 1. To incline or deviate from 
a vertical position or line; deviate from an 
erect position; take or have an inclining pos- 
ture or direction; bend or stoop out of line: 
as, the column leans to the north; the U-iiniii;i 
tower of Pisa; to lean against a wall or over a 
balustrade. 
The blessed saints that watched this turning scene, 
Did from their stars with joyful wonder lean. 
Ihryden, Astnca Redux, L 164. 
Our mossy seat is green, 
Its fringing violeU blossom yet, 
The old trees o'er It lean. 
Whittier, My Playmate. 
2. To deviate from a straight or straightforward 
line; turn: as, the road leans to the right. 3. 
To depend, as for support or comfort: usually 
with on or upon : as, to lean on one's arm ; to lean 
on the help of a friend. 
Trust In the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not 
unto [revised version uuo| thine own understanding 
Prov. HI. 8. 
Everything good In man leam on what is higher. 
Kmenon, Civilization. 
What reed was that on which I leant t 
Tennyson, In Mernorlaro, Ixxxlv. 
4. To bow or bend in submission ; yield. 
Marry, yet 
The fire of rage Is in him, and 'twere good 
Von lean'd unto his sentence with what patience 
Your wisdom may inform you. 
Shalt.. Cymbeline, L 1. 78. 
5. To incline, as in feeling or opinion j tend, as 
in conduct: as, he leans toward fatalism. 
They delight rather to Iran to then- old customs. 
Spenser, State of Ireland. 
The contest was long and obstinate, and success seemed 
to lean sometimes to one side and sometimes to the other. 
Macavlay, Lord Clive. 
II. trans. To incline for support or rest. 
Bee, how she lean* her cheek upon her hand ! 
S/ia*.,R.andJ., 1L2.28. 
lean 1 (len), n. [ = OD. leyne, lene = OHG. Mina, 
Una, lend, MHG. line, lin, lene, G. lehne, a lean- 
ing, support ; from the verb. ] Deviation from 
a vertical position ; inclination. 
Notwithstanding its want of elegance, and an ominous 
lean that it had to one side, our pile dwelling . . . was 
very comfortable. 
U. 0. Forbet, Eastern Archipelago, p. 420. 
The cracked veranda with a tipsy lean. 
Whittier, The Panorama. 
lean 2 (len), a. and n. [< ME. lene, < AS. hlane 
(= LG. leen), lean, meager. Referred by Skeat 
to hlienan, lean, bend (see lean 1 , v.), as if orig. 
'bending, stooping'; but this is doubtful.] I. 
a. 1. Scant of flesh; not fat or plump; spare; 
thin; lank: as, a Jean body. 
A gray and gap-tootli'd man as lean as death. 
Tennyton, Vision of Sin, ill. 
2. Free from fat ; consisting only or chiefly of 
solid flesh or muscle: as, lean meat; the lean 
part of a steak. 3. Lacking in substance or 
in that which gives value ; poor or scanty in 
essential qualities or contents; bare; barren; 
meager: as, a lean discourse ; a imn purse ; lean 
soil ; lean trees. 
What the land is, whether it be lat or lean. 
Num. xiii. 20. 
4. Exhibiting or producing leanness. 
Lean penury within that pen doth dwell. 
Shalt., Sonnets, Ixxxiv. 
And fetch their precepts from the Cynic tub. 
Praising the lean and sallow abstinence ! 
Milton, Comus, L 709. 
5. Among printers, unprofitable; consuming 
extra time or labor. Lean work is work which takes 
more time than other work paid for at the same rate. Lean 
type is type which is so thin as to require an unusual num- 
ber of letters to nil a certain space. The standard widths 
(as declared by the typographical unions of the United 
States) of the full alphabet of 20 lower-case letters are the 
spaces occupied by 12 ems or squares of its own body for 
each size from pica to bourgeois ; IS ems for brevier and 
minion, 14 for nonpareil, 15 for agate. 16 for pearl, and 17 
for diamond. Types whose alphabets do not reach these 
measures are lean or lean-faced. Lean bow (naui.). See 
&OM>, 2. Lean type, lean work, see def. 5. =8yn. L, 
Spare, lank, gaunt, skinny, poor, emaciated. 
II. H. 1. That part of flesh which consists 
of muscle without fat. 
The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy. 
GulilmtiUt, Haunch of Venison. 
2. Any flesh that adheres to the blubber of a 
whale: same asfiit-lean. 3. Among printers, 
unprofitable work. 
lean''' (len), r. [< ME. lent-n; <lean*, a.] I.t i'- 
trtinx. To become lean. 
The rude neb schal leanm. Halt Meidmhad. p. 35. 
leap 
II. trans. 1. To make lean: as, the climate 
Itane one very soon. [Colloq.] 2. In irhalini/, 
to remove the lean or flesh from (blubber) with 
the leaning-knife. 
lean 3 (len), t>. See Iain's. 
lean-faced (len'fast), a. 1. Having a thin face. 
A hungry, Itan-faeed villain. Shalt., C. of E., r. 1. 287. 
2. In printing, having an mm- nally thin or nar- 
row face, as type. See lean'*, a., a. 
leang, . Soo /<</. 
leaning (le'uing), n. Inclination of the mind; 
mental tendency ; bias ; bent. 
They suppoed he'd run away to sea/as he had a leaning 
that way. S. O. Jeuxtt, IJeephaven, p. 180. 
leaning-knife (le'uiug-nif), . In whaling, a 
largoTknife used in cutting the lean flesh, or 
other tissue destitute of oil, from the blubber, 
preparatory to trying out. 
leaning-note (le'ning-not), w. In music, an ap- 
pongiatura. 
leanly (len'li), adr. 1. In a lean manner or 
condition; meagerly; without fat or plumpness. 
2. Barrenly; unprofi tably : as, to discourse 
leanly. 
leanness (len'nes). n._ [< ME. lennes, < AS. 
It/ii n ,/ix. leanness, < hleene, lean: see fean 2 .] 1. 
The condition or quality of being lean ; poor- 
ness; meagerness. 
Thirst, leannex*, excess of aninml secretions, are signs and 
effects of too great thinness of blood. 
Arbuthiwt, Allmeuta, II. 
2. Unproductiveness; emptiness. 
Poor King Relgnier, whose huge style 
Agrees not with the leaiuiex* of his puree. 
Shot., 2 Hen. VI., L 1. 112. 
= Syn. 1. Spareness, lankness, gauntness, sklnniness, poor- 
ness, emaciation. 
leant (lent). An occasional preterit and past 
participle of lean 1 . 
lean-to (len'to), a. and n. I. . Having rafters 
or supports pitched against or leaning on an- 
other building, a wall, or the like : as, a lean-to 
roof. 
They [huta] were composed of great sheaves of giant 
reeds, placed in lean-tu fashion. O'Dimuvan, Merv, xr. 
II. . A building whose rafters or supports 
pitch against or lean upon another building, or 
against a wall, or the like ; a penthouse. 
The lean-to Is the simplest form [of vinery I often erected 
against some existing wall. neye. Brit., XII. 223. 
lean-witted (len'wit'ed), a. Having but little 
sense or shrewdness. 
A lunatic lean-witted fool. Shalt., Rich. II., II. 1. 115. 
leanyt(le'ni), a. [<.lean 1 + -y 1 .'] Lean. [Rare.] 
They ban fatte kernes, and leany knaves, 
1 l'n ir fasting flocks to keepe. 
Spenser, Shep. Cal. , July. 
leap 1 (lep), . ; pret. and pp. leaped, sometimes 
leapt, ppr. leaping. [< ME. lepen (pret. leep, 
lep, lap, lope, pp. lopen, also weak, leptt), < AB. 
hledpan (pret. nlcop, pi. Medjion, pp. Itleitvcn), 
leap, run, = OS. hlopan (in a-hlopan) = OFries. 
hla/ta, lapa, hliapa = D. loopeit = MLG. Inpen 
= OHG. hlaufan, laufan, loufan, MHG. loufen, 
G. laufen = Icel. hlaupa = Dan. liibe= Sw. lopa, 
run, = Goth, 'hlaupan, leap, spring (in comp. 
us-Maupan, spring up). Connected with leap 
are the dial, lope 1 , loup 1 , and lapwing; also ult. 
elope, in terloper, orlop; and in comp. from Scand . 
gaiitloi>e, gantlet*.] I. intrans. 1. To spring 
clear of the ground or of any point of rest ; pass 
through space by force of an initial bound or 
impulse; spring; jump; vault; bound. 
A man leapeth better with weights In his hands than 
without Boom Nat Hist., I 886. 
Hlgh-elbow'd grigs that leap in summer grass. 
Tennyton, The Brook. 
2. To move with springs or bounds; start sud- 
denly or with quick motion ; make a spring 
or bound ; shoot or spring out or up. 
He parted frowning from me, as if ruin 
Leapd from his eye*. Shalt., Hen. VIII., UL 2. 206. 
Days when my blood would leap and ran 
As full of sunshine as a breeze. 
Lrnrrll, Ode to Happlnew. 
A joy as of the leaping nre 
Orer the house-roof rising higher. 
William Morru, Earthly Paradise, III. 200. 
3t. To go ; travel. Compare landleaper. 
Beon lopen to Lnndun bl lene of heore hisschopes. 
To ben clerkesof thekimges beoche the cuntre to schende. 
Pirn Plumnan (A), ProL, L 04. 
4. In musif, to pass from any tone to one that 
is two or more diatonic steps distant from it. 
= Syn. 1. Jump. Spring, etc. See K;>. 
II. tran. 1. To pass over by leaping; jump 
over; spring or bound from one siile to the 
other of: as. to leap a wall. 
