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English Dictionary: leet	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for leet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leet \Leet\ (l[emac]t), obs. imp. of {Let}, to allow. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leet \Leet\, n. [Cf. AS. hl[emac]t share, lot.] A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leet \Leet\, n. [LL. leta. Cf. F. lit de justice a solemn sitting of the king in Parliament, L. lis, litis, a lawsuit, It., Sp., & Pg. lite.] (Eng. Hist.) A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is held. --Shak. Note: 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. --Burrill. Warren's Blackstone. {Leet ale}, a feast or merrymaking in time of leet. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leet \Leet\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) The European pollock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lythe \Lythe\ (l[imac]th), n. (Zo[94]l.) The European pollack; -- called also {laith}, and {leet}. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe ({Pollachius virens}). Called also {greenfish}, {greenling}, {lait}, {leet}, {lob}, {lythe}, and {whiting pollack}. (b) The American pollock; the coalfish.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
leet {elite}