Ley

8 definitions found

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

  Ley \Ley\, a.
     Fallow; unseeded. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
     [1913 Webster] Leyden jar

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



  Ley \Ley\ (l[=a]), v. t. & i.
     To lay; to wager. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ley \Ley\, n. [OF.]
     Law. --Abbott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ley \Ley\ (l[imac]), n. [Obs.]
     See {Lye}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ley \Ley\ (l[=e]), n.
     Grass or meadow land; a lea.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lye \Lye\, n. [Written also {lie} and {ley}.] [AS. le['a]h; akin
     to D. loog, OHG. louga, G. lauge; cf. Icel. laug a bath, a
     hot spring.]
     1. A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts,
        obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making
        soap, etc.
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     2. (Chem.) Sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, or a
        concentrated aqueous solution of either compound.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ley
       n : a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for
           grazing by livestock [syn: {pasture}, {pastureland}, {grazing
           land}, {lea}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  LEY. This word is old French, a corruption of loi, and signifies law; for 
  example, Termes de la Ley, Terms of the Law. In another, and an old 
  technical sense, ley signifies an oath, or the oath with compurgators; as, 
  il tend sa ley aiu pleyntiffe. Brit. c. 27.