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Definition & Synonyms
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• Lea
- (n.) A meadow or sward land; a grassy field.
- (n.) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
- (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
Synonyms:
Ley, Pasture,
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• Leasy
- (a.) Flimsy; vague; deceptive.
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• Leash
- (n.) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.
- (n.) A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.
- (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
- (v. t.) To tie together, or hold, with a leash.
Synonyms:
Lead, Rope, Tercet, Ternary, Ternion, Terzetto, Tether, Three, Tierce, Trey, Triad, Trine, Trinity, Trio, Triplet,
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• Lease
- (v. t.) Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.
- (v. t.) A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation.
- (v. t.) To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.
- (v. i.) To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.
- (v. t.) To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out.
- (v. t.) The contract for such letting.
Synonyms:
Charter, Engage, Hire, Let, Letting, Rent, Rental, Take,
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• Leaser
- (n.) One who leases or gleans.
- (n.) A liar.
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• Leashing
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leash
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• Least
- (adv.) In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.
- (conj.) See Lest, conj.
- (a.) Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.
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• Leased
- (imp. & p. p.) of Lease
Synonyms:
Chartered, Hired,
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• Leasing
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lease
- (a.) The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies.
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• Leastways
- (adv.) Alt. of Leastwise
Synonyms:
Leastwise,
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