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ley

1  [ley, lee]
–noun, adjective
lea 1 .

ley

2  [ley]
–noun
leu.

ley

3  [ley]
–noun
a pewter containing about 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead.
Origin:
aph. var. of obs. aley alloy

lea

1  [lee, ley]
–noun
1. a tract of open ground, esp. grassland; meadow.
2. land used for a few years for pasture or for growing hay, then plowed over and replaced by another crop.
3. a crop of hay on tillable land.
–adjective
4. untilled; fallow.
Also, ley.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME lege, lei, OE lēah; c. OHG lōh, dial. D loo (as in Waterloo), L lūcus

le⋅u

  [le-oo]
–noun, plural lei  [ley] .
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
Also, ley.

Origin:
1875–80; < Romanian: lit., lion, a designation based on Turk arslanlι (arslan lion + -lι adj. suffix), name given to the Dutch rijksdaalder, which circulated in the later Ottoman Empire and bore the image of a lion
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lea   (lē, lā)   
n.  A grassland; a meadow.

[Middle English leie, from Old English lēah; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]
ley   (lā, lē)   
n.  Variant of lea.
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Word Origin & History

lea 
O.E. leah "open field, meadow," earlier læch, recorded in place names, from P.Gmc. *laukhaz (cf. O.H.G. loh, and probably also Flem. -loo, which forms the second element in Waterloo), from PIE *louquo- (cf. Skt. lokah "open space," L. lucus "grove," Lith. laukas "open field"), perhaps related to *leuq- "to shine, be bright."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: Leu
Function: abbreviation
leucine; leucyl
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Leu abbr.
leucine

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