Standard Lemma guide
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noun
(Green) land as opposed to flood or desert; a pasture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, historical
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
To feed or pasture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, transitive
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History
From Middle English leesewe, lesewe, leswe, from Old English lǣs (“pasture”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“pasture”).
