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▪ I. † ˈleesing, vbl. n.1 Obs.
[f. leese v.1 + -ing1.]
Losing, loss. Also occas. destruction, perdition.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 93 Of his leosinge I lauhwe..Ac for his wynnynge I wepe. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 369 It is..mooste lykynge to þe fende and lesynge of soulis. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 37, I suppose þat a wounde be compound wiþ holownes & lesynge of fleisch & of skyn. c1440Promp. Parv. 298/2 Lesynge, or thyngys loste,..perdicio. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 133/2 She..conceyued the sonne of God and was delyueryd without leesyng of her virgynyte. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xcviii. 119 They of Vannes were in moost ieopardy, and in peryll of lesyng. 1585Parsons Chr. Exerc. i. vi. 49 The offence of God, that is, the leesing of his friendship by that sin if we do it.
▪ II. † ˈleesing, vbl. n.2 Obs.
[f. leese v.2 + -ing1.]
a. Deliverance; redemption.
b. Loosening.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Luke i. 68 Gesohte & dyde lesing folces his. c1440Promp. Parv. 298/2 Lesynge, or losynge of a thynge bowndyn,..solucio.
▪ III. † ˈleesing, vbl. n.3
[? f. lees pl. of lee n.2 + -ing1.]
? Impregnation with lees (of better wine).
c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 116 Ȝiff swete wyne be seeke or pallid put in a Rompney for lesynge. |