Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A dialectal variant of loath.
  • A dialectal variant of lithe.

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Examples

  • I bhfad ró-shean do leath bhreithlá dar le Himself

    One of these days… » Happy half birthday to me 2003

  • I bhfad ró-shean do leath bhreithlá dar le Himself

    One of these days… » 2003 » August » 19 2003

  • The lid, of green, leath - ery skin, blinked several times, and then its counterpart opened.

    Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

  • Slowly, the goddess enfolded herself in the leath-ery sheath of her enormous batwings.

    The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994

  • 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

  • The lid, of green, leath - ery skin, blinked several times, and then its counterpart opened.

    Flint the King Kirchoff, Mary 1990

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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