lessesn.

Brit.

/ˈlɛsᵻz/, U.S.

/ˈlɛsəz/

Forms: late Middle English– lesses, 1600s leasses.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French leisses.

Etymology: < Middle French leisses, laisses (plural) dung of a wild animal (c1382 in the passage translated in quot. a1425; French †laisses ) < leisser , laisser to leave (see lease v.³).Compare Old French lesse de foire (of an animal) action of leaving excrement (beginning of the 13th cent.), Middle French, French laissées dung of a wild animal (1573), use as noun of the feminine plural of the past participle of laisser . A Middle French form leissees is also sometimes cited for the work translated in quot. a1425, but this is probably a (scribal or editorial) error for leisses.

Hunting. Now rare (only in historical contexts).

The dung of a predatory animal, such as a wild boar, wolf, or bear.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > substance or secretion and excretion > [noun] > dung

sharnc825

thostc1000

dungOE

dirta1300

croteysa1425

lessesa1425

grotesc1450

pillc1450

fumishing1527

trattles1547

fiants1575

dunging1582

dropping1596

soil1607

soiling1610

stercoration1694

pellet1884

mire1922

pat1937

scat1950

a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Bodl. 546) f. 75 He shal clepe fumes of an hert croteynge, of a bukke and of þe roo bukke, of þe wilde boor, & of blake beestys, & of wolfes, he shal clepe it lesses [Fr. laisses].

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxvii. 97 In beasts of rauyne or pray, as the Bore, the Beare, and such like, they shall be called the Lesses.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Laisses, the lesses (or dung) of a wild Boare, Wolfe, or Beare.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Lesses, dongue of a rauenous beast, as of a Beare, Bore, etc.

1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 93/1 A Deeres Fewmets, a Bore or a Beares Leasses, a Hare or Conneys Crottoyes, a Fox or a Badgers Feance.

1713 J. Puckle Club (ed. 3) 49 At last coming to the Fumets of a Deer, the Lesses of a Badger.

1807 Sportsman's Dict. at Bear [Bears] cast their lesses sometimes in round croteys.

1938 T. H. White Sword in Stone xvi. 235 He noticed Robin pause and pick up some lesses, which he handed to Master Twyti.

2001 D. Landry Invention of Countryside i. 37 Who, apart from a huntsman, a field naturalist or biologist, would know how to identify, as well as name..the ‘Lesses’ of boar or bear, the ‘Croteys’ of hares and coneys?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lesses
释义	lessesn. Brit. /ˈlɛsᵻz/, U.S. /ˈlɛsəz/ Forms: late Middle English– lesses, 1600s leasses. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French leisses. Etymology: < Middle French leisses, laisses (plural) dung of a wild animal (c1382 in the passage translated in quot. a1425; French †laisses ) < leisser , laisser to leave (see lease v.³).Compare Old French lesse de foire (of an animal) action of leaving excrement (beginning of the 13th cent.), Middle French, French laissées dung of a wild animal (1573), use as noun of the feminine plural of the past participle of laisser . A Middle French form leissees is also sometimes cited for the work translated in quot. a1425, but this is probably a (scribal or editorial) error for leisses. Hunting. Now rare (only in historical contexts). The dung of a predatory animal, such as a wild boar, wolf, or bear. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > substance or secretion and excretion > [noun] > dung sharnc825 thostc1000 dungOE dirta1300 croteysa1425 lessesa1425 grotesc1450 pillc1450 fumishing1527 trattles1547 fiants1575 dunging1582 dropping1596 soil1607 soiling1610 stercoration1694 pellet1884 mire1922 pat1937 scat1950 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Bodl. 546) f. 75 He shal clepe fumes of an hert croteynge, of a bukke and of þe roo bukke, of þe wilde boor, & of blake beestys, & of wolfes, he shal clepe it lesses [Fr. laisses]. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxvii. 97 In beasts of rauyne or pray, as the Bore, the Beare, and such like, they shall be called the Lesses. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Laisses, the lesses (or dung) of a wild Boare, Wolfe, or Beare. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Lesses, dongue of a rauenous beast, as of a Beare, Bore, etc. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 93/1 A Deeres Fewmets, a Bore or a Beares Leasses, a Hare or Conneys Crottoyes, a Fox or a Badgers Feance. 1713 J. Puckle Club (ed. 3) 49 At last coming to the Fumets of a Deer, the Lesses of a Badger. 1807 Sportsman's Dict. at Bear [Bears] cast their lesses sometimes in round croteys. 1938 T. H. White Sword in Stone xvi. 235 He noticed Robin pause and pick up some lesses, which he handed to Master Twyti. 2001 D. Landry Invention of Countryside i. 37 Who, apart from a huntsman, a field naturalist or biologist, would know how to identify, as well as name..the ‘Lesses’ of boar or bear, the ‘Croteys’ of hares and coneys? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425
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