leasow

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  1. A pasture. In men and cities, castels, fortresses, or other places of defense, in medowes, leassewes, etc. Holinshed, Hen. II., an. 1173. William Shenstone … first saw the light on the patrimonial estate which his taste afterwards made so famous—The Leasowes, Hales Owen, Shropshire. Allibone, Dict. Authors, p. 2072.
  2. To feed or pasture. Gently his fair flocks lessow'd he along, Through the frim pastures, freely at his leisure. Drayton, Moses. (Nares.)

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  1. Early modern English also lessow (also lease: see lease), from Middle English leesewe, lesewe, lese, from Anglo-Saxon lǣs (genitive lǣswe, dative lǣswe, lǣse, plural lǣswe, lǣswa, lǣse, lǣsa), a pasture.
  2. Early modern English also lessow; from leasow, n.
 

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