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▪ I. † ˈleaveless, a. Obs.
[variant of leafless, influenced by the pl. leaves.]
Without leaves.
1581T. Howell Deuises (1879) 199 When Boreas rough, had leauelesse left eche tree. c1611Chapman Iliad ii. 370 With wood, leauelesse, and kindl'd at Apposed fire, they burne the thighes. 1638Carew Verses pref. to Sandys' Div. Poems 34 Then, I no more shall court the Verdant Bay, But the dry leavelesse Trunke on Golgotha.
▪ II. † ˈleaveless, adv. Obs.
[f. leave n.1 + -less.]
Without permission.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 1848 Dina ðor mis-dede, ȝhe nam leueles fro ðat stede. a1500Chaucer's Dreme 74 Closed rounde about That levelesse none come in ne out. |