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?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 107^v (MED) Gluttrie, dronkenez..leuyng of [?c1425 Paris levynge; L. omissio] of excercise..makeþ numerable podagrez.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 198 (MED) Þou biddist alle good dedis..and her contrarie yuelis and her leevingis of, þou forbedist.

1657 W. Prynne Exact Abridgem. Rec. Tower of London 585 The King..appointeth..that within one moneth after the death, or leaving over of any such Alderman, there be appointed to them one other Alderman to supply the same.

1662 R. Boyle Def. Doctr. Spring & Weight of Air ii. ii. 31 It seems precariously affirm'd, that there is such a successive leaving behind of one Surface after another as is here imagin'd.

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 13 Jan. (1948) I. 164 Upon Steele's leaving off, there were two or three scrub Tatlers came out.

1851 J. R. Ballantyne Tarka-sangraha of Annam Bhaṭṭa 74 Desire and Aversion are indicated by those same [commencings and leavings off].

1862 Jrnl. Bath & West of Eng. Soc. for Agric. 10 342 The leaving over of the land in rough furrow throughout the winter.

1905 Official Gaz. E. Afr. & Uganda Protectorates 1 Oct. 303 In the event of a porter falling sick and being unable to travel, he shall be carried to the nearest station, even though doing so should necessitate the leaving behind of loads.

2000 W. M. Johnston Encycl. Monasticism I. 647/2 This change of clothing symbolized leaving off of the ways of the world and adopting a new lifestyle.