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English Dictionary: Ley by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ley
n
  1. a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
    Synonym(s): pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ley \Ley\ (l[amac]), 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[emac]), n.
      Grass or meadow land; a lea.

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\, a.
      Fallow; unseeded. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lye \Lye\, n. [Written also {lie} and {ley}.] [AS. le[a0]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.
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