lea

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]
from The 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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
LEA
       Law Enforcement Agency (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)
from U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Lea -- U.S. County in New Mexico
   Population (2000):    55511
   Housing Units (2000): 23405
   Land area (2000):     4392.956954 sq. miles (11377.705796 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    1.061833 sq. miles (2.750135 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    4394.018787 sq. miles (11380.455931 sq. km)
   Located within:       New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
   Location:             32.728441 N, 103.327764 W
   Headwords:
    Lea
    Lea, NM
    Lea County
    Lea County, NM
from 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
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