Part 6431

<hw>Lean"-wit`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having but little sense or shrewdness.</def>

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<hw>Lean"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lean.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>Leap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>le\'a0p</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A basket.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A weel or wicker trap for fish.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

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<hw>Leap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Leaped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, rarely <er>Leapt</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Leaping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>lepen</ets>, <ets>leapen</ets>, AS. <ets>hle\'a0pan</ets> to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. <ets>\'behl<?/pan</ets>, OFries. <ets>hlapa</ets>, D. <ets>loopen</ets>, G. <ets>laufen</ets>, OHG. <ets>louffan</ets>, <ets>hlauffan</ets>, Icel. <ets>hlaupa</ets>, Sw. <ets>l\'94pa</ets>, Dan. <ets>l\'94be</ets>, Goth. <ets>ushlaupan</ets>. Cf. <er>Elope</er>, <er>Lope</er>, <er>Lapwing</er>, <er>Loaf</er> to loiter.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; <as>as, a man <ex>leaps</ex> over a fence, or <ex>leaps</ex> upon a horse</as>.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote> <b>Leap</b> in with me into this angry flood. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.</def>

<blockquote>My heart <b>leaps</b> up when I behold A rainbow in the sky. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Leap</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pass over by a leap or jump; <as>as, to <ex>leap</ex> a wall, or a ditch</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cause to leap; <as>as, to <ex>leap</ex> a horse across a ditch</as>.</def>

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<hw>Leap</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.</def>

<blockquote>Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden <b>leaps</b> from one extreme to another are unnatural. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Changes of tone may proceed either by <b>leaps</b> or glides. <i>H. Sweet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A fault.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.</def>

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<hw>Leap"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hle\'a0pere</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, leaps.</def>

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