Part 495 (1/2)

_Acts Ja. VI._

_To_ LEIST, _v. n._ To incline, E. _list_.

_Dunbar._

LEIST, _adj._ Least.

_Douglas._

LEISTER, LISTER, _s._ A spear, armed with three or more p.r.o.ngs, for striking fish, S.

_Burns._

Su. G. _liuster_, id.; _liustra_, to strike fish with a trident.

_To_ LEIT, _v. a._ To permit.

_Bannatyne P._

_To_ LEIT, _v. n._ To delay.

_Henrysone._

Su. G. _laet-ia_, intermittere, A. S. _laet-an_, tardare.

_To_ LEIT, LEET, LET, _v. n._

1. To pretend, to make a shew as if, S. B.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Su. G. _laat-as_, Isl. _laet-a_, id. prae se ferre, sive vere sive simulando.

2. To give a hint of.

_Nevir leet_, make no mention of it, S. B.

V. ~Let on~.

_To_ LEIT, LEET, _v. n._ To ooze, S.

C. B. _llaith_, that which is run out. Teut. _lyd-en_, transire.