Ley
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ley¹
- /liː/
- /leɪ/
Rhymes with -eɪ, -iː
Where it comes from
See lea.
noun leys
- Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.
- 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: […]
- Alternative spelling of lea.lea
adjective
- Fallow; unseeded.
- Rotated to pasture instead of cropping.
ley²
- /liː/
- /leɪ/
Rhymes with -eɪ, -iː
noun
- Archaic form of lye.lye
ley³
- /liː/
- /leɪ/
Rhymes with -eɪ, -iː
noun
- Law.
Ley⁴
proper noun Leys
- A surname.
Ley⁵
Where it comes from
From French Ley.
proper noun
- A commune of Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.
