LEETS

Noun

leets

plural of leet

Anagrams

• Steel, Teels, Teles, Ts'e-le, sleet, steel, stele, stelè, stĂ©lĂ©, teles

Proper noun

Leets

plural of Leet

Anagrams

• Steel, Teels, Teles, Ts'e-le, sleet, steel, stele, stelè, stĂ©lĂ©, teles

Source: Wiktionary


LEET

Leet, obs. imp.

Definition: of Let, to allow. Chaucer.

Leet n. Etym: [Cf. AS. hl share, lot.]

Definition: A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office. [Scot.]

Leet, n. Etym: [LL.leta. Cf. F. lit de justice a solemn sitting of the king in Parliament, L. lis, litis, a lawsuit, It., Sp., & Pg. lite.] (Eng. Hist.)

Definition: A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court- leet; the day on which a court-leet is held. Shak.

Note: The original intent of the court-leet was to view the frankpledges or freemen within the liberty; hence called the view of frankpledge. Latterly it has fallen into almost entire disuse. Burrill. Warren's Blackstone. Leet ale, a feast or merrymaking in time of leet. [Obs.]

Leet, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The European pollock.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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