leet

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Definition of leet in English English dictionary: A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; Awesome, typically to describe a feat of skill; cool, sweet; Simple past of let; Abbreviation of leetspeak; A regular court in which the certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction; Of or related to leetspeak; The European pollock; Having superior social rank over others; upper class, elite; Possessing outstanding skill in a field; expert, masterful; {n} a lawday, a petty kind of court; (also court leet) a.) a yearly or half-yearly court of record held by the lords of certain manors. b.) the jurisdiction of such a court; (Scottish) A list of candidates selected for a post; obsolete, simple past of let; (A) A manor-court for petty offences; the day on which such a court was held (Anglo-Saxon, lethe, a law-court superior to the wapentake ) “Who has a breast so pure, But some uncleanly apprehensions Keep leets and law-days and in session sit With meditations lawful?” Shakespeare: Othello, iii 3 Leeward and Windward Leeward is toward the lee, or that part towards which the wind blows, windward is in the opposite direction, viz in the teeth of the wind “Leeward,” pronounced lew-ard (See Lee ); A portion; a list, esp; list of candidates for election, e g , as bailies, etc; Elite Rare 11 29 1999; of Let, to allow; a list of candidates for an office; Short for elite Jargon used by hackers and crackers to refer to themselves or to the sites they frequent to share pirated software and information; A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is held