leeze me Sc.
Also 6 leis(s, 8 leez.
[Short for lief is me dear is to me.]
An expression of lively satisfaction; ‘pleased am I with’. Const. for, on.
| 15.. Wowing of Jok & Jynny 15 in Bannatyne Poems (1873) 388, I schro the, lyar, full leis me yow. a 1568 Clerk Ibid. 297 Fow leiss me that graceles gane. 1724 Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 25 Leez me on thy snawy pow, Lucky Nansy. 1792 Burns Bessy & Spinning Wheel i, Oh leeze me on my spinning-wheel, Oh leeze me on my rock and reel. 1861 Ramsay Remin. Ser. ii. 29 Leeze me abune them a'..for yon auld clearheaded man. |