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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LEANNESS

n. 1. Destitution of fat; want of flesh; thinness of body; meagerness; applied to animals.
2. Want of matter; poverty; emptiness; as the leanness of a purse.
3. In Scripture, want of grace and spiritual comfort.
He sent leanness into their soul. Psalm 1 6:15.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEANNESS

Lean "ness, n. Etym: [AS. hlænnes.]

 

Defn: The condition or quality of being lean.