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Webster 1913 Edition

Leak

Leak

(lēk)
,
Noun.
[Akin to D.
lek
leaky, a leak, G.
leck
, Icel.
lekr
leaky, Dan.
læk
leaky, a leak, Sw.
läck
; cf. AS.
hlec
full of cracks or leaky. Cf.
Leak
,
Verb.
]
1.
A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape;
as, a
leak
in a roof; a
leak
in a boat; a
leak
in a gas pipe.
“One leak will sink a ship.”
Bunyan.
2.
The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture;
as, the
leak
gained on the ship’s pumps
.
To spring a leak
,
to open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to let in water;
as, the ship
sprung a leak
.

Leak

,
Adj.
Leaky.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Leak

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Leaked
(lēkt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Leaking
.]
[Akin to D.
lekken
, G.
lecken
,
lechen
, Icel.
leka
, Dan.
lække
, Sw.
läcka
, AS.
leccan
to wet, moisten. See
Leak
,
Noun.
]
1.
To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.;
as, the cask
leaks
; the roof
leaks
; the boat
leaks
.
2.
To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc.; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; – usually with
in
or
out
.
To leak out
,
to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become public; as,
the facts
leaked out
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Leak

LEAK

,
Noun.
[Gr. a fissure or crevice, L. lacero and loquor, and perhaps Eng. clack. It seems that licerish is from the root of leak, and signifies properly watery.]
1.
A crack, crevice, fissure or hole in a vessel, that admits water, or permits a fluid to escape.
2.
The oozing or passing of water or other fluid or liquor through a crack, fissure or aperture in a vessel, either into it, as into a ship, or out of it, as out of a cask.
To spring a leak, is to open or crack so as to let in water; to being to let in water.

LEAK

,
Adj.
Leaky. [Not in use.]

LEAK

,
Verb.
I.
To let water or other liquor into or out of a vessel, through a hole or crevice in the vessel. A ship leaks, when she admits water through her seams or an aperture in her bottom or sides, into the hull. A pail or a cask leaks, when it admits liquor to pass out through a hole or crevice.
To lead out, to find vent; to escape privately from confinement or secrecy; as a fact or report.

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