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Leet

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Leet
    (Eng. Hist) A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is held.☞ The original intent of the court-leet was to view the frankpledges or freemen within the liberty; hence called the view of frankpledge. Latterly it has fallen into almost entire disuse.
  2. Leet
    A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office.
  3. Leet
    lēt of Let, to allow.
  4. Leet
    (Zoöl) The European pollock.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) leet
    An ancient English court; originally, the assembly of the men of a township for administering the law of the community. See court-leet.
  2. (n) leet
    The district subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.
  3. (n) leet
    The day on which a court-leet was held; also, the right to hold such a court, which in later times could be granted to a baron.
  4. (n) leet
    One portion; a lot.
  5. (n) leet
    A list of candidates for any office.
  6. (n) leet
    See leat.
  7. leet
    A dialectal form of lite, little.
  8. leet
    To let on; pretend; feign.
  9. (n) leet
    A dialectal form of light.
  10. leet
    A dialectal form of light.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Leet
    (prov.) a trench for bringing water to a mill-wheel.
  2. (n) Leet
    lēt (Scot.) a selected list of candidates for an office
  3. (n) Leet
    lēt an ancient English court, esp. the assembly of the men of a township: the district subject to such: the right to hold such a court
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary LL. leta,. Cf. F. lit de justice, a solemn sitting of the king in Parliament, L. lis, litis, a lawsuit, It., Sp., & Pg. lite,

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. lǽth.

Usage in the news

A dedication and ribbon cutting for the newly completed Phyllis and Richard Leet Center for Children and Families on Saturday. maryvilledailyforum.com

Dick and Phyllis Leet met back in the '40's at a chemistry lab at Northwest Missouri State. kxcv.org

Elaine Leet, a teacher at Mariam Boyd School in Warren County, North Carolina. nea.org

From Letter from Leete's Island. harpers.org

Pictured are (from left) the Honorable John B Leete, the senior judge of Potter County. punxsutawneyspirit.com

Usage in scientific papers

Leete (2007): “Income Volatility and Food Insufficiency in U.S.
Changes in the Distribution of Income Volatility

Usage in literature

The children of leet men to be leet men for ever, while every free man is to have power over his negro slaves. "A True Hero" by W.H.G. Kingston

On the train I fell in with Mr. Leet, who was on his way to his place of business. "The House" by Eugene Field

Teck chair, M'sieur; dry you'se'f leet beet. "At Fault" by Kate Chopin

My name is Leete, Dr. Leete they call me. "Looking Backward" by Edward Bellamy

Happen tha could find a bit o' leet work, as ud keep thee owt o' th' Union. "That Lass O' Lowrie's" by Frances Hodgson Burnett

And 'ow does my leet-tel Clo-teel-da? "Happy-Thought Hall" by F. C. Burnand

We were a happy, noisy gang, and undoubtedly gave poor Mrs. Leete a great deal of trouble. "A Son of the Middle Border" by Hamlin Garland

Walshe, Edith Haigh, Blanche C., H. Krause, Fannie L. D., Eddie A. Leet. "Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880" by Various

Leet, Maj., on Sandusky campaign, 330. "Chronicles of Border Warfare" by Alexander Scott Withers

Noo I ha'e her, and she's leet as swansdoon aifter a'. "The Sapphire Cross" by George Manville Fenn

Usage in poetry
They give dinners at th' hall ivery neet,
An' ther's carriages standin bi'th scoor,
An' all th' windows are blazin wi leet,
But they seldom give dinners to th' poor.
But aw luk at it oft as it glimmers i'th' leet,
An aw seem to live ovver once mooar;
Them days when mi futer wor all seemin breet,
An aw thowt nowt but joy wor i' stooar.
"Tha sed aw wor bonny, an th' leets o' mi een
Wor enuff for thi sunshine throo life;
An tha tell'd me tha wanted to mak me a queen,--
But it seems 'at tha wanted a wife."
Todlin' whoam fro' th' market rant
Todlin' whoam content an' cant
Wi' mi' yed I' mi hat
an' mi feet i' mi shoon
Todim' whoam bi' t' leet o' th' moon
I'm fain to be todlin' whoam
The neist that I ha'e on the publican's leet
Ne'er dream'd in a beuk wi' the public to meet;
Tho' keepin' a public, his wits he had tint
At thocht o' himsel' an' his public in print.
If thou an' thine sud tax us workers' fooid,
An' thrust us back in our owd misery,
May t' tears o' our deead childer thin thy blooid,
An' t' curse o' t' "hungry forties" leet on thee.