Lea"guer*er (?), n. A besieger. [R.] J. Webster.
Leak (?), n. [Akin to D. lek leaky, a leak, G. leck, Icel. lekr leaky,
Dan. læk leaky, a leak, Sw. läck; cf. AS. hlec full of cracks or leaky.
Cf. Leak, v.] 1. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water
or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a
boat; a leak in a gas pipe. "One leak will sink a ship." Bunyan.
2. The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other
aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.
To spring a leak, to open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to
let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.
Leak, a. Leaky. [Obs.] Spenser.
Leak, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Leaking.] [Akin
to D. lekken, G. lecken, lechen, Icel. leka, Dan. lække, Sw. läcka, AS.
leccan to wet, moisten. See Leak, n.] 1. To let water or other fluid in
or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof
leaks; the boat leaks.
2. To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc.; to
pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out.
To leak out, to be divulged gradually or clandestinely; to become
public; as, the facts leaked out.
Leak"age (&?;), n. [Cf. D. lekkage, for sense 1.] 1. A leaking; also,
the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.
2. (Com.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of
casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.
Leak"i*ness (?), n. The quality of being leaky.
Leak"y (?), a. [Compar. Leakier (?); superl. Leakiest.] 1. Permitting
water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask.