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Definition of Leany
1. a. Lean.
Definition of Leany
1. Adjective. (obsolete) lean ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leany
1. lean [adj] - See also: lean
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leany
Literary usage of Leany
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1828)
"Hannah Russell, and Daniel leany were convicted at the Lewes Summer assizes, ...
leany was executed on the Thursday after the trial, protesting his ..."
2. The Annual Registeredited by H.V. Hodson edited by H.V. Hodson (1827)
"Witness returned home between four and five o'clock, leaving leany to follow hint
at some distance. In his way home, he saw a person, named Thomas Hawkins, ..."
3. Jewish Code of Jurisprudence: Talmudical Law Decisions, Civil, Criminal and by Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, Jacob Louis Kadushin (1921)
"A leases a field from B to sow barley then he is forbidden to sow wheat because
the wheat make the field more leany than the barley, if it is leased to sow ..."
4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1828)
"Hannah Russell, and Daniel leany were convicted at the Lewes Summer assizes, ...
leany was executed on the Thursday after the trial, protesting his ..."
5. Journal of Three Voyages Along the Coast of China, in 1831, 1832, & 1833 by Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff, William Ellis (1834)
"There are several kinds of the leany grain, which differ considerably in taste
as well as in size. Some sales were made here, but the people were too poor ..."