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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Lene-,) Lein-, Leannes, n. [e.m.E. lean(e)nesse, ME. len(e)nes(se, le(e)nes(se, OE. hlǽnnes, f. Lene a.] Leanness. — 1597 James VI Dæmonol. 30.
Symptomes [of melancholy] … leannes, palenes, desire of solitude 1596 Dalr. I. 51/4.
[In some salmon one side] hes throuch leinnes bene vtirlie deformet, bot the vthir syde fatt and fair
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