-lea

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  LEA
       Law Enforcement Agency (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  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