Definition of "leam"

leam¹

/liːm/

verb
third-person singular simple present leams, present participle leaming, simple past and past participle leamed
1. (intransitive, UK, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow.

leam²

/liːm/

noun
plural leams
1. (UK, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.
  Quotations
  The Leams of the morning sun streamed through the half-closed shutters
  1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown

leam³

/liːm/

noun
plural leams
1. A cord or strap for leading a dog.
  Quotations
  The horsemen spreading themselves along the side of the cover, waited untill the keeper entered, leading his ban-dog; a large blood-hound tied in a leam or band, from which he takes his name.
  1808, Joseph Strutt, [Walter Scott], “Section [IX]. Chapter II.”, in [Walter Scott], editor, Queenhoo-Hall, a Romance: And Ancient Times, a Drama. […], volume IV, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for John Murray, […]; and Archibald Constable & Co. […], pages 48–49