leash
leash is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 29 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Sporting) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general. [I] kept my chamber a leash of days. B. Jonson. Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings. Tennyson.
- 2.(Weaving) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
- 3.To tie together, or hold, with a leash.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- cube
- power
- root
- shamrock
- ternary
- ternion
- tertiary
- third
- three
- tierce
- trefoil
- trey
- triad
- triangle
- trident
- triform
- trigon
- trinal
- trinity
- trinomial
- trio
- triple
- triplet
- tripod
- trireme
- triskele
- triskelion
- triune
- triunity
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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