leery

The Century Dictionary: The Encyelopedic Lexicon of the English Language · 1887 · p. 740

(lér’i), a. [ pea sly: as, the leery man. [Thieves’ slang. lees}, n. pl. See lee. lees?+,. A Middle English form of leash. lees}, a. and. See lease’. leese!} (léz), v. t. [