1.
2.
[syn: pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lea \Lea\, n. [Cf. Lay, n. (that which is laid), 4.] (Textile
Manuf.)
(a) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120
yards; a lay.
(b) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lea \Lea\, n. [OE. ley, lay, As. le['a]h, le['a]; akin to Prov.
G. lon bog, morass, grove, and perh. to L. lucus grove, E.
light, n.]
A meadow or sward land; a grassy field. "Plow-torn leas."
--Shak.
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The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. --Gray.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mausoleum \Mau`so*le"um\, n.; pl. E. Mausoleums, L. -lea.
[L. mausoleum, Gr. ?, fr. ? Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom
Artemisia, his widow, erected a stately monument, one of the
wonders of the ancient world.]
A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lea
n 1: a unit of length of thread or yarn
2: a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for
grazing by livestock [syn: pasture, pastureland, grazing
land, lea, ley]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "lea":
campo, grass, grass veld, grassland, grazing, haugh, haughland,
llano, mead, meadow, meadow land, pampa, pampas, park, pasturage,
pasture, pasture land, prairie, range, savanna, steppe, steppeland,
swale, vega, veld
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
LEA
Law Enforcement Agency (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Lea -- U.S. County in New Mexico
Population (2000): 55511
Housing Units (2000): 23405
Land area (2000): 4392.956954 sq. miles (11377.705796 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.061833 sq. miles (2.750135 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4394.018787 sq. miles (11380.455931 sq. km)
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 32.728441 N, 103.327764 W
Headwords:
Lea
Lea, NM
Lea County
Lea County, NM