dial. Also leash, leish, lies(c)h, leesh (see Eng. Dial. Dict.) Active, nimble.
1781. J. Hutton, Tour to Caves, 92 Gloss., Lish, stout and active.
1818. Hogg, Brownie of Bodsbeck, I. 39. Twa lang liesch chaps.
1820. Blackw. Mag., May, 160. He was a leash lad and a leal.
1822. Bewick, Mem., 86. Up came a ‘lish’ clever young man, a Highlander smartly dressed in the garb of his country.
