léser, v.a., to wrong, to injure, to hurt, to aggrieve.
lésine, n.f., niggardliness; stinginess.
lésiner, v.n., to be niggardly, parsimonious, stingy, mean; to higgle, to haggle.
lésinerie (lé-zi-n-rî), n.f., stinginess, meanness, niggardliness; stingy act.
lésineu-r, -se, adj., niggardly, stingy, mean, parsimonious.
lésion, n.f., wrong, in jury; (surg.) lesion, hurt; loss (at play).
lesse, n.f. V. laisse.
lessive, n.f., lye-washing, wash; washing; linen washed; (chem.) lixivium. Donner sa — à laver; to give one’s dirty linen to be washed. Faire la — du gascon; (prov.) to turn one’s shirt or neckerchief when it is dirty. À laver la tête d’un More, on perd sa —; it is useless trying to wash a blackamoor white; or, do what you will, you’ll never change him. Faire une —, une forte, une furieuse, —; to sustain a loss, a heavy loss (at play).
lessiver, v.a., to wash (in lye); (chem.) to lixiviate. Se faire —; (fig.) to get beaten; to lose heavily (at play).
lessiveu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., lye-washer.