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leanest |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lean \Lean\ (l[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Leaner} (l[=e]n"[~e]r); superl. {Leanest}.] [OE. lene, AS hl[=ae]ne; prob. akin to E. lean to incline. See {Lean}, v. i. ] 1. Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as a lean body; a lean cattle. 2. Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean -- used literally and figuratively; as the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages. ``No lean wardrobe.'' --Shak. Their lean and fiashy songs. --Milton. What the land is whether it be fat or lean. --Num. xiii. 20. Out of my lean and low ability I'll lend you something --Shak. 3. (Typog.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to {fat}; as lean copy, matter, or type Syn: slender; spare; thin; meager; lank; skinny; gaunt.
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