<hw>Leaf-insect</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Phasmid</i>.
<hw>Lease</hw>, <i>n</i>. a piece of land leased for mining purposes. In England, the word is used for the document or legal right concerning the land. In Australia, it is used for the land itself. Compare <i>Right-of-way</i>.
1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p. 15:
"A nice block of stone was crushed from Johnson's lease."
<hw>Lease in perpetuity</hw>, a statutory expression in the most recent land legislation of New Zealand, indicating a specific mode of alienating Crown lands,. It is a lease for 999 years at a permanent rental equal to 4% on the capital value, which is not subject to revision.
<hw>Leather-head</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the <i>Friar-bird</i> (q.v.), <i>Philemon corniculatus</i>, Lath. See <i>Tropidorhynchus</i>.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 461:
"The Leatherhead with its constantly changing call and whistling."
1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 58:
"The leather-heads utter their settled phrase `Off we go! off we go!' in the woods, or they come to suck honey from the <i>Melianthus major</i>, which stands up like a huge artichoke plant, tipped with dark red plumes of flowers."