Lean"-faced` (?), a. 1. Having a thin face.
2. (Typog.) slender or narrow; -- said of type the letters of which
have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height.
W. Savage.
Lean"ing, n. The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency;
as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
Lean"ly, adv. Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.
Lean"ness, n. [AS. hlnnes.] The condition or quality of being lean.
Lean"-to` (?), a. (Arch.) Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a
roof. -- n. A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a
larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also
penthouse, and to-fall.
The outer circuit was covered as a lean-to, all round this inner
apartment.
De Foe.
Lean"-wit`ted (?), a. Having but little sense or shrewdness.
Lean"y (?), a. Lean. [Obs.] Spenser.
Leap (?), n. [AS. leáp.] 1. A basket. [Obs.] Wyclif.