n. [ AS. leáp. ]
v. i.
Leap in with me into this angry flood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n.
Wickedness comes on by degrees, . . . and sudden leaps from one extreme to another are unnatural. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. hleápere. ] One who, or that which, leaps. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See 1st Leap. ] A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See 1st Leap. ] A basketful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. from Leap, to jump. [ 1913 Webster ]
Leaping house,
Leaping pole,
Leaping spider (Zool.),
adv. By leaps. [ 1913 Webster ]