Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (n.) A basket. 2. (n.) A weel or wicker trap for fish. 3. (v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse. 4. (v. i.) To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig. 5. (v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch. 6. (v. t.) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover. 7. (v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch. 8. (n.) The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound. 9. (n.) Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast. 10. (n.) A fault. 11. (n.) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
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