ley

noun, adj — 6 senses

ley

noun

/liː/ · /leɪ/

Etymology See lea.

1

Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.

2

A ley line.

  • For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […]2010, Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate, The Book of English Magic:
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Alternative Alternative spelling of lea.

Derived terms
Blackbird Leys

ley

adj

Etymology See lea.

1

Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle Fallow; unseeded.

2

Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle Rotated to pasture instead of cropping.

ley

noun
1

Obsolete Law.

Related terms
peso ley

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