lean-faced

(lén’fast), a. 1. Having a thin face. A hungry, lean-faced villain. Shak.,C. of E., v. 1. 237. 2. In printing, having an unusually thin or narrow face, as type. See lean?,a., 5. leang, ». See liang. leaning (1é’ning), ». Inclination of the mind; mental tendency; bias; bent. They supposed he’d run away to sea, as he had a leaning that way. S. O. Jewett, Deep haven, p. 180. leaning-knife (1é’ning-nif), ». In whaling, a large knife used in cutting the lean flesh, or other ti ue destitute of oil, from the blubber, preparatory to trying out.