Part 6434

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Lease</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Lease</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Leased</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Leasing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F.<ets>laisser</ets>, OF. <ets>laissier</ets>, <ets>lessier</ets>, to leave, transmit, L. <ets>laxare</ets> to loose, slacken, from <ets>laxus</ets> loose, wide. See <er>Lax</er>, and cf. <er>Lesser</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; <as>as, a landowner <ex>leases</ex> a farm to a tenant</as>; -- sometimes with <i>out</i>.</def>

<blockquote>There were some [houses] that were <b>leased</b> out for three lives. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To hold under a lease; to take lease of; <as>as, a tenant <ex>leases</ex> his land from the owner</as>.</def>

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<hw>Lease</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>lais</ets>. See <er>Lease</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The contract for such letting</def>.

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.</def>

<blockquote>Our high-placed Macbeth Shall live the <b>lease</b> of nature. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Lease and release</col> <cd>a mode of conveyance of freehold estates, formerly common in England and in New York. its place is now supplied by a simple deed of grant.</cd>

<i>Burrill.</i> <i>Warren's Blackstone.</i> </cs>

<h1>Leasehold</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Lease"hold`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Held by lease.</def>

<h1>Leasehold</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Lease"hold`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A tenure by lease; specifically, land held as personalty under a lease for years.</def>

<h1>Leaseholder</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Lease"hold`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A tenant under a lease.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Lease"hold`ing</wf>, <tt>a. & n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Leaser</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Leas"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From 1st <er>Lease</er>.]</ety> <def>One who leases or gleans.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Leaser</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Leas"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A liar. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Leasing</er>.</def>

<h1>Leash</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Leash</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lese</ets>, <ets>lees</ets>, <ets>leece</ets>, OF. <ets>lesse</ets>, F. <ets>laisse</ets>, LL.<ets>laxa</ets>, fr. L. <ets>laxus</ets> loose. See <er>Lax</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.</def>

<blockquote>Even like a fawning greyhound in the <b>leash</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Sporting)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote> kept my chamber a <b>leash</b> of days. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>