Category:Leasing

Leas"ing, n. Etym: [AS. leásung, fr. leás loose, false, deceitful. See -less, Loose, a.]

Defn: The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies. [Archaic] Spenser. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing. Psalms 5:6. Blessed be the lips that such a leasing told. Fairfax. Leasing making (Scots Law), the uttering of lies or libels upon the personal character of the sovereign, his court, or his family. Bp. Burnet.

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Leasing - (Psalms 4:2; Psalms 5:6) an Old English word meaning lies, or lying, as the Hebrew word kazabh is generally rendered.