Webster's Dictionary 1913

1135

Lean

Lean (lēn), v. t. [Icel. leyna; akin to G. läugnen to deny, AS. lȳgnian, also E. lie to speak falsely.] To conceal. Ray.

1136

Lean (2)

Lean (lēn), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Leaned (lēnd), sometimes Leant (lĕnt); p. pr. & vb. n.Leaning.] [OE. lenen, AS. hlinian, hleonian, v. i.; akin to OS. hlinōn, D. leunen, OHG. hlin...

1137

Lean (3)

Lean, v. t. [From Lean, v. i.; AS. hlǣnan, v. t., fr. hleonian, hlinian, v. i.] To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest. Mrs. Browning.His fainting limbs against an oak...

1138

Lean (4)

Lean (lēn), a. [Compar.Leaner (lēn″ẽr); superl.Leanest.] [OE. lene, AS. hlǣne; prob. akin to E. lean to incline. See Lean, v. i.] 1. Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in ...

1139

Lean (5)

Lean (?), n. 1. That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat.The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy. Goldsmith.2. (Typog.) Unremunerative copy...

1140

Lean-faced

Lean″–faced′ (?), a. 1. Having a thin face.2. (Typog.) slender or narrow; — said of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their hei...

1141

Lean-to

Lean″–to′ (?), a.(Arch.) Having only one slope or pitch; — said of a roof. — n. A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitch...

1142

Lean-witted

Lean″–wit′ted (?), a. Having but little sense or shrewdness.

1143

Leaning

Lean″ing, n. The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.

1144

Leanly

Lean″ly, adv. Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.

1145

Leanness

Lean″ness, n. [AS. hlǣnnes.] The condition or quality of being lean.

1146

Leany

Lean″y (?), a. Lean. Spenser.

1147

Leap

Leap (?), n. [AS. leáp.] 1. A basket. Wyclif.2. A weel or wicker trap for fish.

1148

Leap (2)

Leap (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Leaped (?), rarely Leapt; p. pr. & vb. n.Leaping.] [OE. lepen, leapen, AS. hleápan to leap, jump, run; akin to OS. āhl�pan, OFries. hlapa, D. loopen...

1149

Leap (3)

Leap, v. t. 1. To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.2. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.3. To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a di...

1150

Leap (4)

Leap, n. 1. The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.Wickedness comes on by degrees,... and sudden leaps from one extreme to another are unn...

1151

Leap year

Leap″ year′ (?). Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See Bissextile.☞ ...

1152

Leaper

Leap″er (?), n. [AS. hleápere.] One who, or that which, leaps.

1153

Leaper (2)

Leap″er, n. [See 1st Leap.] A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.

1154

Leapfrog

Leap″frog′ (?), n. A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.

1155

Leapful

Leap″ful (?), n. [See 1st Leap.] A basketful.

1156

Leaping

Leap″ing, a. & n. from Leap, to jump.Leaping house, a brothel. Shak. — Leaping pole, a pole used in some games of leaping. — Leaping spider(Zoöl.), a jumping spider; one of the ...

1157

Leapingly

Leap″ing‐ly, adv. By leaps.

1158

Lear

Lear (?), v. t. To learn. See Lere, to learn.

1159

Lear (2)

Lear, n. Lore; lesson. Spenser.

1160

Lear (3)

Lear, a. See Leer, a.Halliwell.

1161

Lear (4)

Lear, n. An annealing oven. See Leer, n.