Middle English Dictionary Entry
lesses n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | lesses n. plural |
| Etymology | OF laisses, lesses. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The dung of certain animals, as of the wild boar and wolf.
Associated quotations
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)78 : He shal clepe fumes of an hert, cotyng of þe buk and of þe Robuk, of þe wilde boor and of þe blak beestis, an of Wolfes he shal clepe it lesses [F laisses].
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)82 : For bi his lesses, þat is to say, þat goþ from hym bi hynde, ne bi oþer jugement, a man may not knowe a grete boor, but a man see hym, saue þat he makeþ greet lesses [F leissees], and þat is tokyn þat he haþ a greet bowel.