Part 6437

<h1>Leatherwood</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Leath"er*wood`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small branching shrub (<spn>Dirca palustris</spn>), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also <altname>moosewood</altname>, and <altname>wicopy</altname>.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Leathery</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Leath"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough.</def> "A <i>leathery</i> skin."

<i>Grew.</i>

<h1>Leave</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Leave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Leaved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Leaving</er>]</wordforms> <def>To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with <i>out</i>.</def>

<i>G. Fletcher.</i>

<h1>Leave</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Leave</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Levy</er>.]</ety> <def>To raise; to levy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>An army strong she <b>leaved</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Leave</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Leave</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>leve</ets>, <ets>leave</ets>, AS. <ets>le\'a0f</ets>; akin to <ets>le\'a2f</ets> pleasing, dear, E. <ets>lief</ets>, D. oor<ets>lof</ets> leave, G. ar<ets>laub</ets>, and er<ets>lauben</ets> to permit, Icel. <ets>leyfi</ets>. <?/ See <er>Lief</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.</def>

<blockquote>David earnestly asked <b>leave</b> of me. <i>1 Sam. xx. 6.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>No friend has <b>leave</b> to bear away the dead. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, <i>to take leave</i>, i. e., literally, to take permission to go.</def>

<blockquote>A double blessing is a'double grace; Occasion smiles upon a second <b>leave</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his <b>leave</b> of the brethren. <i>Acts xviii. 18.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>French leave</col>. <cd>See under <er>French</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Liberty</er>.</syn>

<h1>Leave</h1> <Xpage=839>

<hw>Leave</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Left</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Leaving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>leven</ets>, AS. <ets>l<?/fan</ets>, fr. <ets>l\'bef</ets> remnant, heritage; akin to <ets>lifian</ets>, <ets>libban</ets>, to live, orig., to remain; cf. be<ets>l\'c6fan</ets> to remain, G. b<ets>leiben</ets>, Goth. bi<ets>leiban</ets>. <?/. See <er>Live</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; <as>as, to <ex>leave</ex> the house</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Therefore shall a man <b>leave</b> his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. <i>Gen. ii. 24.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.</def>

<blockquote>If grape gatherers come to thee, would they not <b>leave</b> some gleaning grapes ? <i>Jer. xlix. 9. </i></blockquote>

<blockquote>These ought ye to have done, and not to <b>leave</b> the other undone. <i>Matt. xxiii. 23. </i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Besides it <b>leaveth</b> a suspicion, as if more might be said than is expressed. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>