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Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed.

A leaflet.

The state of being leafy.

Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage. "Leafless groves." Cowper. -- Leaf"less*ness, n. Leafless plants, plants having no foliage, though leaves may be present in the form of scales and bracts. See Leaf, n., 1 and 2.

A little leaf; also, a little printed leaf or a tract.

The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.

Full of leaves; abounding in leaves; as, the leafy forest. "The leafy month of June." Coleridge.

sure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.

A siege or beleaguering. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

A besieger. [R.] J. Webster.

ck, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe. "One leak will sink a ship." Bunyan.

A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.

The quality of being leaky.

Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask.

Faithful; loyal; true. All men true and leal, all women pure. Tennyson. Land of the leal, the place of the faithful; heaven.

A cord or strap for leading a dog. Sir W. Scott.

A dog held by a leam.

bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column. "He leant forward." Dickens.

Having a thin face.

e-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall. The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to, all round this inner apartment. De Foe.