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ich a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog. Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash. Shak.

To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release; as, to unleash dogs.

One who courses or hunts. leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a courser leads his greyhound. Hanmer.

A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk's leash, when it is first lured.

A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used. See Illust. of Falcon. Like a hawk, which feeling freed From bells and jesses which did let her flight. Spenser.

A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. [Obs.]

A leash. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A leash. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A thong by which a dog is led; a leash. Halliwell.

A leash. [Obs.]

A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand. We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips, in search of deer. Sir S. Baker.

sbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer. Wharton.

A ring for fastening a hawk's leash to the jesses; also, a ring affixed to the collar of a dog, etc. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game. Markham. Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.