† leastingn.
Obsolete. rare.
In Nathaniel Fairfax's terminology: the smallest conceivable particle of something, an atom.
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1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge ii. 30 If it be but in one atome or leasting in the body, then a child would have more soul to its body than a man.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018).
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n.1674- to throw something in one's dish
- to throw something on the slagheap
- to throw the baby out with the bath
- to throw the baby out with the bathwater
- to throw the bones
- to throw the book at a person
- to throw the bridle in a person's neck
- to throw the bridle on a person's neck
- to throw the gauntlet
- to throw the handkerchief
- to throw the handkerchief at
- to throw the handkerchief to
- to throw the handle after the hatchet
- to throw the hatchet
- to throw the hatchet after the helve
- to throw the helve after the hatchet
- to throw the house out at the window
- to throw the house out at the windows
- to throw the house out of the window
- to throw the house out of the windows
- to throw the kitchen sink at
- to throw the seven
- to throw the stocking
- to throw thrust) in a person's face
- to throw thrust) something in a person's face