leather-lap 
hide iiiul churn' 1 '! ith Venetian tripoli and wa- 
ter: used to polish stones cut en cabochon. 
leatherleaf (Wll'er-lel'). n. See Casxaiutni. 
leather-mouthed (leTH er-moutht), a. Having 
a mouth like leather, or smooth and tough, 
without teeth in the jaws. 
Ily leiillier-iiniiiilied nsh, I mean such iw have their teeth 
In their ilnn.it, tu* the chub. 
/. (Pattern, AiiKlc-r (eil. 1653X p. 203. 
leathern (le'rn'enO, n. [< ME. letheren, < AS. 
letlii'i-i-ii, 1,-tliifn. Irllirni, litlin-i n. litlirr,,, in old- 
est form lidrtn (= D. lederen = OHG. liilirin, 
litlrin, MHG. lulerin, G. ledern), of leather, < 
tether, leather: see leather and -<- 2 .] Made of 
leather; consisting of or resembling leather. 
Thenne com Couetyse, . . . 
And lyk a lethenie pors lullede tii- chekes. 
Pien Plomnan (A), v. 110. 
And the same John hod his raiment of camera hair, and 
a leathern girdle about his loin*) Mat. 11L 4. 
Leathern bird, leathern mouse, leathern wings, a 
bat. llallimll. [Prov. Eng.) 
leatheroid (leTH'er-oid), w. [< leather + -oirf.] 
A material prepared from vegetable fiber chem- 
ically treated and formed into sheets, having in 
a greater or less degree a body, color, and tough- 
ness resembling those of bark-tanned and uii- 
eurried leather. 
leather-paper (leTH'er-pa'per). n. A thick pa- 
per having a fine-grained surface resembling 
that of leather or silk crape. It is often em- 
bossed with various designs, and gilded or en- 
ameled in various patterns. 
leather-plant (leTH'er-plant), >i. A composite 
plant of the genus Celmisia, including C. coriaeea 
and other species. [New Zealand.] 
leather-polisher (leTH'er-pol*ish-er), n. A 
machine for condensing and polishing the sur- 
face of leather by 
means of a slick- 
ing- or glassing-tool 
which oscillates over 
it. 
leather-punch 
(leTH'or-punch), n. 
1. A hand-tool for 
making eyelet-holes 
in leather or holes for 
lacings in belting. 
2. A machine for 
punching leather. 
leather-seat (leTH'- 
er-set), n. A dust- 
guard bearing. Car- 
Builder's Viet. 
leatherside (leH'er- 
sid),n. A small cypri- 
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rnluUly of a hollow cylinder, through which flow cur- 
rents of steam ; in this the hidesare rolled alnjut witli tin- 
tabMog, 
leather-turtle (leTH'er-ter'tl), n. 1. The 
leatherbuck. [Eastern coast of U. S.] 2. An- 
other kind of turtle, Trionyx mutica. 
leather-winged (leTii ' i-r- wingd), a. Having 
leathery wings, as a bat. 
leatherwood (leTH'er-wud), n. 1. A North 
American shrub of the genus Dirca, with very 
Leather-polisher. 
noid fish, the leather-sided minnow, Tiijoma tie- 
iii<i, used in Utah as a bait for catching white- 
fish, or mountain herring, Coregonus iriltiam- 
,11 > iii. 
leather-skin (leTH'er-skin), . The true skin, 
or corium, as distinguished from the epidermis. 
leather-softener (leTH'er-sdf'ner), . A ma- 
chine for rendering dry hides or leather flexi- 
Leather-softener. 
ble, so that they may be worked without break- 
ing. It either pounds the leather or. by means 
of corrugated rollers, presses and extends it. 
leather-Stamp (leTH'er-stamp), . A lever- 
press, in whiiAi die and follower are jointed to- 
gether to form a toggle, used for stamping lea- 
ther. 
leather-Stretcher (!OTH ' er- strech * er), n. A 
frame in which a side of leather is stretched so 
that it may dry flat. In some frames the skin is held 
by tenterhooks ; in others the sides of the frame are ex- 
panded by means of wedges. E. U. Knight. 
leather-stuffer (leTH'er-stuf'er), n. A machine 
for softening hides and charging them with 
dubbing to render them pliable. It consist* es- 
Leatherwood ( Dirca faiuttrit). 
I. branch with (towers; a. branch with fruit an<l leaves: a, flower; 
6, flower laid open to show pistil and starncmi. 
tough bark. See Dirca. 2. An Australian 
tree or shrub of the genus Ceratopetalum, be- 
longing to the saxifrage family; also, its wood. 
leathery (leTH'6r-i), a. [< leather + -y 1 .] Re- 
sembling leather; tough and flexible like lea- 
ther; specifically, in hot., coriaceous. 
leath-wake (leth'wak). a. See lithuake. 
leautet, n. A Middle English form of lealty. 
leave 1 (lev), r. ; pret. and pp. left, ppr. tearing. 
[Early mod. E. leeve, leve, < ME. Iceren, leven 
(pret. left, lefte, laft, lafte, lefde, pi. leftc, lerede, 
pp. left, laft, ylfft), < AS. Icefan, tr., leave (a heri- 
tage), also ill tr., remain (= OS.Jar-lebhian,re- 
in;i in. lebhon, remain, = OFries. /era, leave, = 
OHG. MHG. leiben, tr., leave, OHG. leiben, intr., 
remain, = Icel. leifa, leave), a secondary verb, 
associated with laf, a heritage, what is left, re- 
mainder (> ME. laif, lafe, lare, Sc. lore: see 
lave 3 ), < "lifan, pret. "Idf. in comp. bc-lifaii (= 
OS. bi-libhan = OFries. bi-liva, f>e-liva, olira = 
MB. bliven, D. blijven = MLG. blieeu OHG. 
br-liban, MHG. be-liben, bliben (also ge-liben, ver- 
liben), Or. bleiben = Icel. Ufa (orig. strong, as in 
pp. lifen, but early displaced by the weak form 
Ufa = AS. lifian, E. rA) (also blifa = Dan. blite 
= Sw. blifva, afterG.) = Goth. M-Mfcm), be left, 
remain, whence also lif, life, lifian, libhan, live : 
see life, lire 1 . The verb leave* is not connected 
with the noun leave'* in the phrase to take leave.'] 
1. trans. 1. To let remain; fail or neglect to 
take away, remove, or destroy; allow to stay 
or exist: as, he left his baggage behind him; 5 
from 12 leaves 7 ; only a few were left alive. 
Eke sum hare this bilere. 
That bare ylefte there shall noo foul it |dill| greve. 
Palladia*, Husbondrle (E. . T. rt.X p. 82. 
They that are left of you shall pine away ... in your 
enemies' lands. Lev. xxvl. 39. 
2. To place or deliver with intent to let remain ; 
part from bv giving or yielding up : as, to leare 
papers at the houses of subscribers; to Iran- 
money on deposit. 
How came the lily maid by that good shield? . . . 
He Irii It with her, when he rode to tilt. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
3. To let remain for a purpose ; confide, com- 
mit, or refer: as, to leave the decision of a ques- 
tion to an umpire; I leare that to your judg- 
ment. 
Always, when we leave our Ships, we either order a cer- 
tain place of meeting, or else leave them a sign to know 
where we are, by making one or more great Smoaks. 
Dnmpier, Voyages, I. 252. 
How many other things might be tolerated in peace and 
' '.' to conscience, had we but charity. 
Milton, Areopafdtica, p. S3. 
His thankless country leart* him to her laws. 
Pope, Moral Essays, ill. 218. 
4. To let remain or have remaining at death ; 
hence, to transmit, bequeath, or give by will: 
as, he leaves a wife and children, ami ha- 
his property in trust for their use. 
leave 
The kynu left non of his ilisente, 
Nor of his Mode of that land to be kynf . 
Utneryda(E. E. T. 8. XI. ISIS. 
There be of them that have left a name behind them. 
Eccl. zllv. B. 
Peace I lean with yon, my peace I give unto you. 
John xiv. W. 
6. To go away or depart from; quit, whether 
temporarily or permanently. 
Wbluhe yle we lefle on our lefte hande towarde* Grace. 
Sir R. QuiAforde, Pylgrymage, p. 14. 
There laft oure Lord lilt Dlclples, whan he wente toprejr* 
before his Pauloun. Uaiuienile, Travel*, p. 96. 
True patriots all ; for, be It understood, 
We left our country for our country's good. 
Barriiiyton, Xew Smith Wales, p. l.'.i 
6. To separate or withdraw from; part com- 
pany or relinquish connection with; forsake; 
abandon ; desert: as, to leare a church or soci- 
ety ; to lean- one occupation for another ; he has 
left the path of rectitude. 
Thenne lachchex ho hlr leue, & leva hym there, 
For more myrthe of that inon most ho Tint get*. 
Sir Qauuynt and the Onen Knight (V. E. T. ), 1. 1870. 
'I In i sayde Maxent to Kateryn 
Leve thy god and leve (leeve, believe) on myn. 
US. Cantab, ft. U. 88, f. 88. (UaUimU.) 
Therefore shall a man leare his father and his mother, 
and shall cleave unto hi* wife. < ien. IL t*. 
The heresies that men do leave 
Are hated moat of those they did deceive. 
Shot., II. N. D., IL 2. 1311. 
7. To quit, as the doing of anything ; cease or 
desist from; give over; leave off: followed, to 
express the verbal action, by a verbal noun in 
-11117, or formerly by an infinitive with to. 
As yee see men leave eating of the fyrst and seconde dish, 
so auoyde them from the Table. 
Babee* Boo* (E. E. T. 8.), p. 87. 
If I might see any such Inclination in you, that you 
would leave to be merciless, and begin to be charitable, I 
would then hope well of you. 
Laliitier. Sermon of the Plough. 
Joseph gathered com . . . until he lejl numbering. 
Oen. xll. 49. 
I cannot leave to love, and yet I do. 
SAo*.,T. O. of V., IL 8. 17. 
8. To suffer or permit to continue; fail to 
change the state, condition, or course of; let 
remain as existing: as, to leare one free to act; 
leave him in peace ; leave it as it is. 
We have left undone those things which we ought to 
have done. Book of Common Prayer, Ueneral Confession. 
A door le.fl ajar gave him a peep Into the best parlour. 
Irnng, .Sketch-Book, p. S38. 
I leave thy praises unexpress'd. 
Tennytun, In Memorlaro, Ixzv. 
Often the noises made by children at play leare the pa- 
rents in doubt whether pleasure or pain Is the cause. 
if. Spencer, Prin. of P) so hoi.. | 490. 
Leave me, him, etc., alone to do anything, trust me to 
do It ; you may be sure I will do it . 
He'll go along o'er the wide world with me ; 
Leave me alone to woo him. 
Shall., As yon Like It, I. 3. 135. 
Left In the lapsi . Sec lap*. - To be left In the basket. 
See badret. To be left to one's self, to be left alone ; 
be permitted to follow one's own opinions or desires. 
To get left, to be distanced or beaten ; be left behind or 
In me lurch, especially In a contest, competition, or ri- 
valry. IColloq. slang.] To leave alone, to suffer or per- 
mit to continue undisturbed or untouched : let-alone. 
To leave in the dark, to conceal information from. 
I am not willing to leao? my Reader in the dart. 
Dampier, Voyages, II. lit 32. 
To leave Off. (a) To cease or desist from ; forbear ; ter- 
minate ; quit : as, to leave off work at six o'clock ; to leare 
o/ a bad habit 
For love of me leave o/thls dreadful! play. 
Spewer.V. Q.,I. vL2M. 
He hath left of to be wise, and to do good. Ps. xjxvi. 3. 
(6) To cease wearing or using : lay aside ; give up : as, to 
MHM of a garment ; to leave off tobacco. 
What a pretty thing man Is when he goes in his dou- 
blet and hose and Itacri o/ his wit ! 
Shot., Much Ado, v. 1. 203. 
(et) To give up or cease to associate with. 
A woman cannot have an affair but Instantly all her 
sex travel about to publish It. and learr her off: now. If a 
man cheats another of his estates at play, forges a will, or 
marries his ward to his own son, nobody thinks of Uarinij 
him o/for snch trifles. Walpole, To Mann, Sept. 25, 1742. 
To leave one In the lurch. See lurch*. To leave one 
the bag to hold. See bagi. To leave out, to omit: 
as, to leave out a word or name In writing. To leave 
(out) In the cold. See cold, n. 
II. intrans. If. To remain; be left. 
Abate the nonmbre of that same sonnes altitude owl of 
90, and thanne IK the remenaunt of the noumbre that Ifryth 
the latitude of the regtoun. Ckanerr. Astrolabe, U. 25. 
Also I pray ;ow that the mrfvet that frryf of my typet 
may be sent home. PaMon Letten (14'H III- 27. 
2. To go away; depart: as, he left by the last 
steamer: I am to leare to-moi-row: the next 
train leaven at 10. [Chiefly colloq.] 
