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<hw>Leer"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a leering manner.</def>

<h1>Lees</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Lees</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>Dregs. See 2d <er>Lee</er>.</def>

<h1>Lees</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Lees</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A leash.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Leese</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Leese</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lose</er>.]</ety> <def>To lose.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>They would rather <b>leese</b> their friend than their jest. <i>Lord Burleigh.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Leese</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Leese</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. f. <ets>l\'82ser</ets>, L.<ets>laesus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>laedere</ets>.]</ety> <def>To hurt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Leet</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Leet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>obs. imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Let</er>, to allow.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Leet</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Leet</hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>hl<?/t</ets> share, lot.]</ety> <def>A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Leet</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Leet</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL.<ets>leta</ets>. Cf. F. <ets>lit de justice</ets> a solemn sitting of the king in Parliament, L. <ets>lis</ets>, <ets>litis</ets>, a lawsuit, It., Sp., & Pg. <ets>lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Hist.)</fld> <def>A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is held.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<note>&hand; The original intent of the court-leet was to view the frankpledges or freemen within the liberty; hence called <i>the view of frankpledge</i>. Latterly it has fallen into almost entire disuse.</note>

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

<cs><col>Leet ale</col>, <cd>a feast or merrymaking in time of leet. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Leet</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Leet</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European pollock.</def>

<h1>Leetman</h1> <Xpage=840>

<hw>Leet"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Leetmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.</def>

<h1>Leeward</h1> <Xpage=840>