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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LEAPING

ppr. Jumping; springing; bounding; skipping.

 

LEAPINGLY

adv. By leaps.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEAPING

LEAPING Leap "ing, a. & n.

 

Defn: from Leap, to jump. Leaping house, a brothel. [Obs. ] Shak. -- Leaping pole, a pole used in some games of leaping. -- Leaping spider (Zoöl.), a jumping spider; one of the Saltigradæ.

 

LEAPINGLY

LEAPINGLY Leap "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: By leaps.