[-ING1.] The action of the verb LEAK; leakage. Also attrib. in † leaking tub, vessel (LEAK v. 2 c).
1611. Cotgr., Coulement … a leaking.
1642. Rogers, Naaman, To Rdr. 4. As a naile fastned in a sure place from wanzing and leaking out.
1673. Dryden, Amboyna, V. i. 54. Never any thing of Moment was done at our Counsel Table, without a leaking Tub … great Consultations require great Drinking, and great Drinking a great leaking Vessel.
