LEASER
Leas"er, n. Etym: [From 1st Lease.]
Defn: One who leases or gleans. [Obs.] Swift.
LEASER
Leas"er, n.
Defn: A liar. [Obs.] See Leasing.
LEASH
Leash, n. Etym: [OE. lese, lees, leece, OF. lesse, F. laisse,
LL.laxa, fr. L. laxus loose. See Lax.]
1. 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.
2. (Sporting)
Defn: A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any
kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the
number three in general.
[I] kept my chamber a leash of days. B. Jonson.
Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings. Tennyson.
3. (Weaving)
Defn: A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.