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Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See Bissextile.
Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.
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prep.
Across; from side to side of; -- implying a passing or moving, either above the substance or thing, or on the surface of it; as, a dog leaps over a stream or a table.
a.
Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.
v. i.
To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
v. i.
To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule.
n.
A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.
n.
A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.
v. i.
To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.
n.
Act of one who vaults or leaps.
v. i.
Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
n.
A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.
n.
An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.
n.
One who, or that which, leaps.
v. i.
To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse.
adv.
By leaps.
v. i.
To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.
n.
One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.
v. i.
To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain.
adv.
In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps.
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