Hypertext Webster Gateway: "leasing"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Leasing
(Ps. 4:2; 5:6) an Old English word meaning lies, or lying, as
the Hebrew word _kazabh_ is generally rendered.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lease \Lease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Leasing}.] [F. laisser, OF. laissier, lessier, to leave,
transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus loose,
wide. See {Lax}, and cf. {Lesser}.]
1. To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of
lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise;
as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes
with out.
There were some [houses] that were leased out for
three lives. --Addison.
2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant
leases his land from the owner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leasing \Leas"ing\, n. [AS. le['a]sung, fr. le['a]s loose,
false, deceitful. See {-less}, {Loose}, a.]
The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies. [Archaic]
--Spenser.
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing. --Ps. v. 6.
Blessed be the lips that such a leasing told.
--Fairfax.
{Leasing making} (Scots Law), the uttering of lies or libels
upon the personal character of the sovereign, his court,
or his family. --Bp. Burnet.
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