leasingn.1
/ˈliːzɪŋ/ Obsolete or archaic exc. dialect (Scottish and northern)
a. Lying, falsehood.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > telling of falsehoods, lying
leasingc950
fablinga1300
lyinga1300
menteryc1450
blanching1581
forgery1582
whetstone-leasing1598
Creticism1614
mentition1656
falsehood1662
storytelling1681
mendaciloquencec1710
fibbing1749
economy of truth1796
fibbery1857
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > false witness
leasingc950
juroryc1440
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John viii. 44 Miððy spreceð leasuung.
a1175 Cott. Hom. 229 Heo onscunede..alle leasunge.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 67 Þe deouel..is leas & leasunge fader.
a1300 Floriz & Bl. 585 ‘Is þat soþ?’ sede he. Heo sede, ‘ȝe, sire, withute lesing’.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2578 He wereden hem wið lesing.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 15412 In to ȝoure hondes I shal him take: holde hit no lesynge.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 33 Ye saide ye loved us..the which was fals lesinge.
1459 J. Brackley in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 185 Walsham of Chauncery, that neuer made lesyng, told me that [etc.].
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 480 I wald revard the but lesing.
a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 271 I knaw me vicius, lord, and rycht culpabill, In aithis, swering, lessingis [1568 lesing] and blasflemyng.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras xiv. 18 The trueth is fled farre awaye, & lesynge is hard at hande.
1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. A4v No leasing new, nor Grandams fable stale.
1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 85 All your faire speeches..are but hypocrisie, and leasing.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms v. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speake leasing . View more context for this quotation
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 28 And so take againe either your manifest lesing, or manifest ignorance.
1712 M. Prior Alma iii. 9 As folks..prone to leasing, Say things at first because they're pleasing.
1825 W. Scott Talisman xiii, in Tales Crusaders III. 312 Satan is strong with you..and prompts thee to leasing.
b. In particularized use: A lie, falsehood.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie
liec900
leasingc1000
falsehoodc1290
falsedom1297
gabbinga1300
fablec1300
follyc1300
fittenc1440
untruthc1449
crackc1450
fallacy1481
falsity1557
falsedict1579
untroth1581
crackera1625
flam1632
mendacity1646
fairy story1692
false1786
whid1794
gag1805
wrinkle1819
reacher1828
cram1842
untruism1845
crammer1861
inveracity1864
bung1882
fairy tale1896
mistruth1897
post-and-rails1945
pork pie1973
porky1985
c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) v. 5 Þu fordest þa þe symle leasinga specað.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 163 Ðe defles sed is cheast and twispeche and curs and leasinges.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 211/400 Þat we with lesingues bi-traieth men.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 633 A lesyng ys Whan þou wost þat þou seyst mys.
?a1366 Romaunt Rose 2 Many men seyn that in sweveninges Ther nis but fables and lesinges.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxxvi. 145 Vnhonest and vnleful talkinges, lesynges, & bacbitinges.
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 84 So that in giuing credite to thy letters, I may be deceiued with thy leasings.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F6 That false Pilgrim, which that leasing told.
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. iv. sig. Cv Lucian..doth feed you with fictions, and leasings . View more context for this quotation
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. ii. §1. 236 The Preists..to magnifie their antiquities, filled the Recordes..with many leasings.
1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week Prol. For Trading free shall thrive again, Nor Leasings leud affright the Swain.
1735 J. Swift On Mr. P——y being put out of C. in Wks. III. 406 Sir R—— weary'd by Will. P——y's Teazings, Who interrupted him in all his Leasings.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
leasing-bearer n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a liar
liarc950
gabbera1325
fabler1362
wernard1362
leasing-mongerc1380
false sayera1382
leasing-maker1424
leasing-bearerc1440
contriver1477
drivelard1530
falsifier1532
lie-teller1552
Ananias1572
lick-dish1575
falsificator1609
fabulist1626
cracka1640
leaser1641
commentiter1645
prevaricator1650
cracker1652
bugiarda1670
rapper1758
pseudologist1804
Tom Pepper1818
wrinkler1819
lie-monger1830
untruther1889
tale-teller1894
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 298/2 Lesynge berare, mendifer.
C2. † leasing-monger n. Obsolete a liar.
leasing-maker n. a liar; spec. in Scots Law (now Historical), one who utters untrue and slanderous statements such as are likely to prejudice the relations between the king and his subjects.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a liar
liarc950
gabbera1325
fabler1362
wernard1362
leasing-mongerc1380
false sayera1382
leasing-maker1424
leasing-bearerc1440
contriver1477
drivelard1530
falsifier1532
lie-teller1552
Ananias1572
lick-dish1575
falsificator1609
fabulist1626
cracka1640
leaser1641
commentiter1645
prevaricator1650
cracker1652
bugiarda1670
rapper1758
pseudologist1804
Tom Pepper1818
wrinkler1819
lie-monger1830
untruther1889
tale-teller1894
1424 Sc. Acts Jas. I (1814) II. 8/2 All lesingis makaris & tellaris of þaim.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. xxi. 6 He that gadrith tresours by the tunge of a leesing [maker].
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv. viii The lesynge maker and flaterer.
1703 London Gaz. No. 3953/1 Act anent Leesing-makers and Slanderers.
leasing-making n. verbal sedition.
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a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 25 Nor had they the nature of the paper before them, which was judged by the Court to be leasing-making.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. xi. 272 (note) By the law of Scotland..verbal sedition or leasing-making, is inferred from [etc.].
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a liar
liarc950
gabbera1325
fabler1362
wernard1362
leasing-mongerc1380
false sayera1382
leasing-maker1424
leasing-bearerc1440
contriver1477
drivelard1530
falsifier1532
lie-teller1552
Ananias1572
lick-dish1575
falsificator1609
fabulist1626
cracka1640
leaser1641
commentiter1645
prevaricator1650
cracker1652
bugiarda1670
rapper1758
pseudologist1804
Tom Pepper1818
wrinkler1819
lie-monger1830
untruther1889
tale-teller1894
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 268 Þei ben..lesyngmongeris.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) vii. ii. 277/2 Bacbyters lesyng-mongers and wycked spekers..be the worst theues upon the erthe.
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leasingn.2
/ˈliːsɪŋ/ The action of lease v.3; letting out (on lease). Also attributive.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] > leasing
setting1397
assedation1457
leasing1521
1521 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 124 In lesyng and lettyng ye days werke.
1610 J. More in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 90 In case of leasing, whether you will reserve the house.
1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 337 If actual possession were necessary, a leasing power could never be executed, where the land is in the hands of a tenant.
1880 Times 30 July 9/4 The leasing of shooting rights.
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leasingn.3
/ˈliːzɪŋ/ Now dialect.
Gleaning. Also concrete = leasing-corn n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > gleaning
gleaningc1440
after-gathering1530
leasing1534
the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > wheat > obtained by gleaning
leasingc1825
leasing-corn1857
1534 Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. 1 Stat. Irel. (1678) 46 Many..persons..will not labour for their living, but have their sole respect to gathering and lezing of corn in harvest time.
1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. xi. vi. 207 How much might she earn in a day, then, by her leasing?
c1825 Houlston Tracts II. xlvii. 2 What was to become of the poor, now their leasing was all eaten and gone?
Compounds
attributive, leasing-corn n. wheat got by gleaning.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > wheat > obtained by gleaning
leasingc1825
leasing-corn1857
1857 E. Acton Eng. Bread-bk. 138 (note) The wheat..which her family have gleaned,—the leasing corn,—supposed to make the best bread of any.
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leasingn.4
attributive in leasing reed n. in weaving, a reed through which the warp threads pass as they come off the bobbins.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > reed or slay > type of
leasing reed1927
1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses 108 The ends of the bobbins are threaded through a leasing reed.
1960 Textile Terms & Definitions (ed. 4) 90 (caption) Leasing.
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leasingadj.1
/ˈliːzɪŋ/ Gleaning.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > gleaning
leasing1829
1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 361 The allowance of fourteen pence a day..would hardly be accepted by my leasing neighbours in place of it [viz. gleaning].
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leasingadj.2
/ˈliːzɪŋ/ Lying.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adjective]
leasea900
liec975
false?c1225
unsoothfasta1300
untruefulc1380
trothlessa1393
fickle-tongue1393
truthlessa1522
lying1535
fabling1548
forging1593
mendacious1616
soothless1803
storytelling1839
unveracious1845
fabricatory1855
untruthful1858
falsidical1866
leasing1873
inveracious1885
1873 W. S. Mayo Never Again xii. 166 Here, take this leasing, meeching bard, With priestly aid go bind him hard.
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