leasow

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leasow

  • /ˈliːzəʊ/

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From Middle English leesewe, lesewe, leswe, from Old English lǣs (“pasture”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“pasture”).

noun leasows · lessow · leasowe

  1. archaic, dialectal, historical (Green) land as opposed to flood or desert; a pasture. Reflexions in her Book, strike one as a Statue does among the tangled Thickets of the Leasowes […].

verb leasows · leasowing · leasowed · lessow · leasowe

  1. archaic, dialectal, transitive To feed or pasture.

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leasow. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/leasow

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@misc{leasow_2026,
  title = {leasow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leasow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}