Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
-     A dialectal variant of loath .
-     A dialectal variant of lithe .
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Examples
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								I bhfad ró-shean do leath bhreithlá dar le Himself 
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								I bhfad ró-shean do leath bhreithlá dar le Himself 
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								The lid, of green, leath - ery skin, blinked several times, and then its counterpart opened. Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003 
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								Slowly, the goddess enfolded herself in the leath-ery sheath of her enormous batwings. The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994 
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								Coming at last out of the glide, her long, leath-ery wings folded, then sprang open again with a snap. The Black Wing Kirchoff, Mary 1993 
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								The lid, of green, leath - ery skin, blinked several times, and then its counterpart opened. Flint the King Kirchoff, Mary 1990 
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								I only had three pairs in the world -- the new brown, the old black, and the patent leath - ers, which I am wearing. The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926 
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								I only had three pairs in the world -- the new brown, the old black, and the patent leath - ers, which I am wearing. The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926 
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								I only had three pairs in the world -- the new brown, the old black, and the patent leath - ers, which I am wearing. The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926 
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								I only had three pairs in the world -- the new brown, the old black, and the patent leath - ers, which I am wearing. The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926 
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