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2. (Typog.) Unremunerative copy or work.

Lean"-faced` (?), a. 1. Having a thin face.

2. (Typog.) slender or narrow; -- said of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height. W. Savage.

Lean"ing, n. The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.

Lean"ly, adv. Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.

Lean"ness, n. [AS. hlnnes.] The condition or quality of being lean.

Lean"-to` (?), a. (Arch.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof. -- n. A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall.

The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to, all round this inner apartment.

De Foe.

Lean"-wit`ted (?), a. Having but little sense or shrewdness.

Lean"y (?), a. Lean. [Obs.] Spenser.

Leap (?), n. [AS. leáp.] 1. A basket. [Obs.] Wyclif.

2. A weel or wicker trap for fish. [Prov. Eng.]

Leap (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaped (?), rarely Leapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaping.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hleápan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. hl&?;pan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen, G. laufen, OHG. louffan, hlauffan, Icel. hlaupa, Sw. löpa, Dan. löbe, Goth. ushlaupan. Cf. Elope, Lope, Lapwing, Loaf to loiter.] 1. To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse. Bacon.

Leap in with me into this angry flood.

Shak.

2. To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky.

Wordsworth.

Leap, v. t. 1. To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.

2. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.

3. To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.

Leap, n. 1. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.

Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural.

L'Estrange.

Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides.

H. Sweet.

2. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.