lea

6 definitions found

lea - 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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  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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  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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lea - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

lea - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  LEA
         Law Enforcement Agency (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)
         

lea - 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