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ley
[ ley ]
noun
- a pewter containing about 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead.
ley
/ liː; leɪ /
noun
- arable land put down to grass; grassland or pastureland
- Also calledley line a line joining two prominent points in the landscape, thought to be the line of a prehistoric track
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ley1
C14: variant of lea 1
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Example Sentences
Names ending in ley generally came into existence in the same way, a ley being also a shelter for domestic animals.
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Que la ley slica, que dizien, es baya, y las armas la allanarian.
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The grapes are collected and dipped in a weak ley, with which a small quantity of olive-oil has been mixed.
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Nankeens look best, washed in suds, with a teacup of ley added for each pailful.
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Soak new nankeens in ley, for one night, and it sets the color perfectly.
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