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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[AS.

leásung

, fr.

leás

loose, false, deceitful. See

Adj.

]

The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies.

[Archaic]

Spenser.

Thou shalt destroy them that speak

leasing

Ps. v. 6.

Blessed be the lips that such a

leasing

told.

Fairfax.

Leasing making

(Scots Law)

the uttering of lies or libels upon the personal character of the sovereign, his court, or his family.

Bp. Burnet.

Noun.

s as z.

Falsehood; lies. [Obsolete or nearly so.]