Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
-     A dialectal variant of 
loath . -     A dialectal variant of 
lithe . 
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Examples
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I bhfad ró-shean do leath bhreithlá dar le Himself
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I bhfad ró-shean do leath bhreithlá dar le Himself
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The lid, of green, leath - ery skin, blinked several times, and then its counterpart opened.
Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003
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Slowly, the goddess enfolded herself in the leath-ery sheath of her enormous batwings.
The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994
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Coming at last out of the glide, her long, leath-ery wings folded, then sprang open again with a snap.
The Black Wing Kirchoff, Mary 1993
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The lid, of green, leath - ery skin, blinked several times, and then its counterpart opened.
Flint the King Kirchoff, Mary 1990
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I only had three pairs in the world -- the new brown, the old black, and the patent leath - ers, which I am wearing.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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I only had three pairs in the world -- the new brown, the old black, and the patent leath - ers, which I am wearing.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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I only had three pairs in the world -- the new brown, the old black, and the patent leath - ers, which I am wearing.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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I only had three pairs in the world -- the new brown, the old black, and the patent leath - ers, which I am wearing.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
 
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