a. Obs. exc. dial. Also 7 lenow, 9 dial. lennaow. [Of obscure origin; the Lancashire dialect has lennock in the same sense (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).] Flabby, limp.
1589. R. Robinson, Gold. Mirr. (Chetham Soc.), 61. My lennow limnes grow dry and stiffe.
1611. Cotgr., Gavache, lennow, flaggie, limber.
1616. Surflet & Markh., Country Farme, 607. The branch falleth broad, lenow, and soft.
1882. W. Worcester Gloss., s.v., When I were young an’ lennaow I’d a gambolled over that stile like one o’clock.
