Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ley"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ley \Ley\ (l[=a]), v. t. & i.
To lay; to wager. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ley \Ley\, n. [OF.]
Law. --Abbott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ley \Ley\ (l[imac]), n. [Obs.]
See {Lye}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ley \Ley\ (l[=e]), n.
Grass or meadow land; a lea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ley \Ley\, a.
Fallow; unseeded. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts,
obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making
soap, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ley
n : a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for
grazing by livestock [syn: {pasture}, {pastureland}, {grazing
land}, {lea}]
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