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Held by lease.

A tenant under a lease. -- Lease"hold`ing, a. & n.

One who leases or gleans. [Obs.] Swift.

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.

of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies. [Archaic] Spenser. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing. Ps. v. 6. Blessed be the lips that such a leasing told. Fairfax. Leasing making (Scots Law), the uttering of lies or libels upon the personal character of the sovereign, his court, or his family. Bp. Burnet.…

A pasture. [Obs.]

Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.

At least; at all events. [Colloq.] At leastways, or At leastwise, at least. [Obs.] Fuller.

Flimsy; vague; deceptive. [Obs.] Ascham.

An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill. C. Kingsley.

To beat, as with a thong of leather. [Obs. or Colloq.] G. Eliot.

perate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.

An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.

The friar bird.

Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse. "A leathern girdle about his loins." Matt. iii. 4.

The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus).

A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy. Gray.

Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough. "A leathery skin." Grew.

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out. G. Fletcher.

Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak.