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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf.

Noun.

(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.

Noun.

[OE.

ley

lay

, As.

leáh

leá

; akin to Prov. G.

lon

bog, morass, grove, and perh. to L.

lucus

grove, E.

light

Noun.

]

A meadow or sward land; a grassy field.

“Plow-torn leas.”

Shak.

The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the

lea

Gray.