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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock;
[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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ley \Ley\, n. [OF.] Law. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ley \Ley\ (l[imac]), n. [Obs.] See Lye. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ley \Ley\ (l[=e]), n. Grass or meadow land; a lea. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, or a concentrated aqueous solution of either compound. [PJC]
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.