LEAK, LEAKAGE, LEAKINESS, LEAKING, LEAKY
ADJECTIVES
► LECKY leaky → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► BASKET a leaky vessel → 1903 Amer. dial.
► BLACK-MAMMY a tar-like substance used to repair small leaks in a boat → 1968 Amer. dial.
► LEAT a leak → 1825 Eng. dial. obs.
► LECK a leak → 1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SIPAGE leakage or oozing of water → 1825 Sc. & US
VERBS
► EESK ► ESK to leak → 1866 Sc.
► LEAT to leak → 1825 Eng. dial. obs.
► LECK to drip, to ooze; to leak → 1865 Eng. dial.
► PEASE to ooze out; to trickle, to leak → 1851 Eng. dial.
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