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Leap
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
(2):
(n.) A fault.
(3):
(n.) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
(4):
(n.) A basket.
(5):
(n.) A weel or wicker trap for fish.
(6):
(v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
(7):
(n.) Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
(8):
(v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse.
(9):
(v. i.) To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
(10):
(v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
(11):
(n.) The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Leap'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/leap.html. 1828.
