1.
[syn: pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ley \Ley\ (l[=a]), v. t. & i.
To lay; to wager. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ley \Ley\, n. [OF.]
Law. --Abbott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ley \Ley\ (l[imac]), n. [Obs.]
See Lye.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ley \Ley\ (l[=e]), n.
Grass or meadow land; a lea.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ley \Ley\, a.
Fallow; unseeded. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
[1913 Webster] Leyden jar
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lye \Lye\, n. [Written also lie and ley.] [AS. le['a]h; akin
to D. loog, OHG. louga, G. lauge; cf. Icel. laug a bath, a
hot spring.]
1. A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts,
obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making
soap, etc.
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2. (Chem.) Sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, or a
concentrated aqueous solution of either compound.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ley
n 1: a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for
grazing by livestock [syn: pasture, pastureland,
grazing land, lea, ley]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
LEY. This word is old French, a corruption of loi, and signifies law; for
example, Termes de la Ley, Terms of the Law. In another, and an old
technical sense, ley signifies an oath, or the oath with compurgators; as,
il tend sa ley aiu pleyntiffe. Brit. c. 27.