Talk:lease

RFV discussion: November–December 2018
Senses of etymology 2 related to lying. DTLHS (talk) 19:00, 8 November 2018 (UTC)


 * The noun sense was already cited, so I am not sure why you did not just apply this to the adjective sense. Do you have a problem with the existing cites? Kiwima (talk) 20:17, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, they're from Middle English and furthermore they're all from the same work. DTLHS (talk) 21:08, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

RFV-failed. Converted to Middle English. Kiwima (talk) 19:38, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Lease or laze rods or sticks
Should we have this as a derived term?

Materials & Techniques - Lease Rod - DMA Collection Online collections.dma.org/essay/rn7zovWb "An alternate term for cross stick. It can be used instead of cross stick if there is only one such rod, instead of two or more usually implied by cross stick. Ann Rowe, "Glossary," in Weaving and Dyeing in Highland Ecuador, edited by Ann Rowe, Laura Miller and Lynn Meisch (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007): 289-295."

Dict def: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lease%20rod, https://collection.tracingpatterns.org/glossary/lease-rod/ Detailed desc: https://peggyosterkamp.com/peggys-weaving-tips-lease-sticks-weaving/

There's an image at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Clickable_map_of_a_simple_treadle_floorloom,_line_drawing.png, with the part labelled on mouseover. Could it be incorporated into the article? HLHJ (talk) 00:41, 7 March 2023 (UTC)