LEASH

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog. Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash. Shak.

2.
n.

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. [I] kept my chamber a leash of days. B. Jonson. Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings. Tennyson.

3.
n.

A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.

4.
v.

To tie together, or hold, with a leash.


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