LEAK
Leak, a.
Defn: Leaky. [Obs.] Spenser.
LEAK
Leak, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaking.] Etym:
[Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel. leka, Dan. lække, Sw.
läcka, AS. leccan to wet, moisten. See Leak, n.]
1. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
2. To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; — usually with in or out. To leak out, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become public; as, the facts leaked out.
LEAKAGE
Leak"age (, n. Etym: [Cf. D. lekkage, for sense 1.]
1. A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.
2. (Com.)
Defn: An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.
LEAKINESS
Leak"i*ness, n.