LEASING.—A ‘leasing’ is a lie. Wyclif uses the word often. Thus Joh_8:44 ‘Whanne he spekith a lesinge, he spekitb of his owne thingis; for he is a lyiere, and fadir of it.’ The word occurs in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] in Psa_4:2; Psa_5:6 and 2Es_14:18.