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 Definitions for Lea: 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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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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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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WordNet (r) 2.0
: 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}, ley]
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
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
: LEA
Law Enforcement Agency (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)
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
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