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critical temperature


The temperature of a gas above which it is no longer possible by use of any pressure, however great, to convert it into a liquid.


leash (iou)



leash noun & verb. ME.
[Old French lesse, (also mod.) laisse, from spec. (let (a dog) run on a slack lead) use of lesser, laissier: see LEASE noun2.]
A. noun.
A thong or lead by which a dog, orig. spec. a hound or hunting dog, is held. ME.
strain at the leash pull hard at a restraining leash; fig. be eager or impatient to begin (chiefly as straining at the leash).
Sir W. Scott She led three greyhounds in a leash. D. Carnegie What do you mean by letting that dog run loose..without a..leash?
b. A harness for restraining a young child while walking etc. Chiefly N. Amer. M20.
A set of three hounds, hawks, hares, etc. ME.
Hounds Although the tally was a leash the last brave hare beat us. transf.: Tennyson Then were I wealthier than a leash of Kings.
fig. A restraint; control. Esp. in in leash, out of leash. ME.
A snare, a noose. rare. LME-E19.
Falconry. A thong or string passed through the varvels of the jesses to secure a hawk. LME.
A lash with a thong, whip, etc. Scot. Long rare. E16.
Weaving.
a. Any of the cords with an eye in the middle to receive the warp-thread, which run between the parallel laths of the heddle of a loom. M18.
b. = LEASE noun2 2b. L19.
Comb.: leash law (a) a regulation in hunting or coursing; (b) (chiefly N. Amer.) a regulation by which a dog etc. must be kept on a leash in public.
b. verb trans.
Orig., beat with a leash. Now (dial.), whip. E16.
Attach or tie by a leash. L16.
Link (together), esp in threes. M19.