tenants' interest. It was declared illegal by Parliament, but vigorous prosecutions have failed to suppress
it.
Syn. — Alliance; confederacy; confederation; coalition; combination; compact; coöperation.
League
(League) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leagued ; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaguing ] [Cf. F. se liguer. See 2d
League.] To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate. South.
League
(League), v. t. To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as,
common interests will league heterogeneous elements.
Leaguer
(Lea"guer), n. [D. leger camp, bed, couch, lair. See Beleaguer.]
1. The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. b. Jonson.
2. A siege or beleaguering. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
Leaguer
(Lea"guer), v. t. To besiege; to beleaguer. [Obs.]
Leaguerer
(Lea"guer*er) n. A besieger. [R.] J. Webster.
Leak
(Leak) n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck, Icel. lekr leaky, Dan. læk leaky, a leak, Sw. läck; cf.
AS. hlec full of cracks or leaky. Cf. Leak, v.]
1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a
roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe. "One leak will sink a ship." Bunyan.
2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on
the ship's pumps.
To spring a leak, to open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a
leak.
Leak
(Leak), a. Leaky. [Obs.] Spenser.
Leak
(Leak), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Leaking.] [Akin to D. lekken, G. lecken,
lechen, Icel. leka, Dan. lække, Sw. läcka, AS. leccan to wet, moisten. See Leak, n.]
1. To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the
boat leaks.
2. To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc.; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; —
usually with in or out.
To leak out, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become public; as, the facts leaked out.
Leakage
(Leak"age) n. [Cf. D. lekkage, for sense 1.]
1. A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.
2. (Com.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.
Leakiness
(Leak"i*ness) n. The quality of being leaky.
Leaky
(Leak"y) a. [Compar. Leakier ; superl. Leakiest.]
1. Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask.
