lea
IPA: ɫˈi
noun
- An open field, meadow, pasture.
- Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards (275 m); for cotton, 120 yards (110 m).
- A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
- A female given name from Hebrew, form of Leah.
- An English surname from Middle English, a variant of Lee.
- A river in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex and Greater London, England, also called the Lee, which flows into the River Thames at Poplar.
- A village in Dethick, Lea and Holloway parish, Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3257).
- A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8286).
- A village in Lea and Cleverton parish, north Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9586).
- (US) Initialism of law enforcement agency.
- (England, education, historical) Initialism of local education authority.
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Examples of "lea" in Sentences
- He owned a lea.
- I went to the lea.
- You should visit the lea.
- I loved looking at the lea.
- I know that the lea is expensive.
- The home of the farmer is the lea.
- There are many cattles in the lea.
- Don't overestimate the size of the lea.
- The man makes a living by working in the lea.
- In 2007, the stationery was bought by Williams Lea.
- That is called the lea of Lymdale 'twixt the wood and the water-side;
- Leas, a lea is a term at Kidderr minster for a hank or quantity of yarn.
- Nordhausen in the morning: the lea is a green salad, crisp with raindrops.
- The DMS-6000 Digital Media Server is the new launch of the CodexNovus, a company known as a lea ...
- -- Gang to yer bed, noo, an 'lea' me to my ain thouchts; no '' at they're aye the best o 'company, laddie.
- Despite all human efforts, our best-laid plans indeed Gang aft a-gley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain.
- Willy has decided to send Mally and the bairns away from the farm, while he will sharpen his old "lea" (scythe) and remain behind to defend his homestead.
- But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, in proving foresight may be vain; the best-laid schemes o 'mice an' men gang aft agley, an 'lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promis'd joy.
- Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note, whilst significant amendments have been listed below: pp. iii, 31, "MCANDREW'S HYMN" amended to _MCANDREWS 'HYMN_; p. 89, "lea" amended to _lee_:
- It's plain to me, frae words he lats fa 'noo an' than, that, instead o 'lea'in' the warl 'ahint him whan he dees, he thinks to lie smorin' an 'smocherin' i 'the mools, clammy an' weet, but a 'there, an' trimlin 'at the thocht o' the suddent awfu 'roar an' din o 'the brazen trumpet o' the archangel.