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

leaner
leaners
leanest
leaneth
leaning
leaning against
leaning board
leaningly
leanings
leanly
leanness
leannesses
leans
leant
leanwash
leany (current term)
leap
leap-of-faith
leap-year
leap day
leap days
leap frog
leap in the dark
leap of faith
leap out
leap second
leap seconds
leap to mind
leap year
leap years

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 ..."

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