n. pl. [ LL. expletia, OF. espleit. Cf. Exploit. ] (Old Eng. Law) The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the like. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Merry; joyous; gleeful. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. Dregs. See 2d Lee. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A leash. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Cf. F. léser, L. laesus, p. p. of laedere. ] To hurt. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Lose. ] To lose. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
They would rather leese their friend than their jest. Lord Burleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]