Lea : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lea	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Lea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lea n a unit of length of thread or yarn 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]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lea \Lea\, n. [OE. ley, lay, As. le[a0]h, le[a0]; 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. [bd]Plow-torn leas.[b8] --Shak. The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.