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Leaver   Listen
noun
Leaver  n.  One who leaves, or withdraws.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Leaver" Quotes from Famous Books



... wives were scattered around the deck in various attitudes, some of the former asleep on their backs, with open mouths, beside the smoke-stack. There were many picturesque figures among them, and, if I possessed the quick pencil of Kaulbach, I might have filled a dozen leaver of my sketch-book. The bourgeoisie were huddled on the quarter-deck benches, silent, and fearful of sea-sickness. But a very bright, intelligent young officer turned up, who had crossed the Ural, and was able to entertain us with an account of the splendid sword-blades of Zlataoust. ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 79, May, 1864 • Various

... my brother—Sister, Sister, Sister, said he, with his teeth set, act on the termagant part you have so newly assumed—most wonderfully well does it become you. It is but a short one, however. Tyraness in your turn, accuse others of your own guilt—But leave her, leaver her, Mr. Solmes: her time is short. You'll find her humble and mortified enough very quickly. Then, how like a little tame fool will she look, with her conscience upbraiding her, and begging of you [with ...
— Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) • Samuel Richardson



Words linked to "Leaver" :   migrant, goer



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