leet

7 definitions found

leet - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a
     little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zool.)
     (a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe (Pollachius   virens
         ). Called also greenfish, greenling, lait,
         leet, lob, lythe, and whiting pollack.
     (b) The American pollock; the coalfish.
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  Leet \Leet\ (l[=e]t), obs. imp.
     of Let, to allow. --Chaucer.
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  Leet \Leet\, n. [Cf. AS. hl[=e]t share, lot.]
     A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office.
     [Scot.]
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  Leet \Leet\, n. [LL. leta. Cf. F. lit de justice a solemn
     sitting of the king in Parliament, L. lis, litis, a lawsuit,
     It., Sp., & Pg. lite.] (Eng. Hist.)
     A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a
     court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is held. --Shak.
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     Note: The original intent of the court-leet was to view the
           frankpledges or freemen within the liberty; hence
           called the view of frankpledge. Latterly it has fallen
           into almost entire disuse. --Burrill. Warren's
           Blackstone.
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     Leet ale, a feast or merrymaking in time of leet. [Obs.]
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  Leet \Leet\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.)
     The European pollock.
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  Lythe \Lythe\ (l[imac]th), n. (Zool.)
     The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet.
     [Scot.]
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leet - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  elite
  leet
  
     1. <security> A term used to describe skilled crackers or
     hackers, or their deeds.  In the last sense, compare to
     elegant.
  
     The term is also used to describe exclusive forums (ftp
     sites, BBSs) used for trading pirated software, cracking
     tools, or phreaking codes.
  
     (1997-01-31)