Part 6430

<blockquote>His fainting limbs against an oak he <b>leant</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lean</h1> <Xpage=838>

<hw>Lean</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Leaner</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Leanest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>lene</ets>, AS. <ets>hl<?/ne</ets>; prob. akin to E. <ets>lean</ets> to incline. See <er>Lean</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt> ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; <as>as, a <ex>lean</ex> body; a <ex>lean</ex> cattle.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; <as>as, the <ex>lean</ex> harvest; a <ex>lean</ex> purse; a <ex>lean</ex> discourse; <ex>lean</ex> wages.</as></def> "No <i>lean</i> wardrobe."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Their <b>lean</b> and fiashy songs. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>What the land is, whether it be fat or <b>lean</b>. <i>Num. xiii. 20.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Out of my <b>lean</b> and low ability I'll lend you something. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Typog.)</fld> <def>Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to <i>fat</i>; as <i>lean</i> copy, matter, or type.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- slender; spare; thin; meager; lank; skinny; gaunt.</syn>

<h1>Lean</h1> <Xpage=838>

<hw>Lean</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.</def>

<blockquote>The fat was so white and the <b>lean</b> was so ruddy. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Typog.)</fld> <def>Unremunerative copy or work.</def>

<h1>Lean-faced</h1> <Xpage=838>

<hw>Lean"-faced`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a thin face.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Typog.)</fld> <def>slender or narrow; -- said of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height.</def>

<i>W. Savage.</i>

<h1>Leaning</h1> <Xpage=838>

<hw>Lean"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; <as>as, a <ex>leaning</ex> towards Calvinism</as>.</def>

<h1>Leanly</h1> <Xpage=838>

<hw>Lean"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.</def>

<h1>Leanness</h1> <Xpage=838>

<hw>Lean"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hl&aemac;nnes</ets>.]</ety> <def>The condition or quality of being lean.</def>

<h1>Lean-to</h1> <Xpage=838>

<hw>Lean"-to`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also <altname>penthouse</altname>, and <altname>to-fall</altname>.</def></def2><-- a crude, usually temporary shelter comprising a lean-to roof braced against any convenient support, as a wall, a tree or a pole. The roof may extend all the way to the ground. -->

<blockquote>The outer circuit was covered as a <b>lean-to</b>, all round this inner apartment. <i>De Foe.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lean-witted</h1> <Xpage=838>