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Pleasance
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness. [Archaic] Shak. "Full great pleasance." Chaucer. "A realm of pleasance." Tennyson.
2. A secluded part of a garden. [Archaic] The pleasances of old Elizabethan houses. Ruskin.