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Lea

noun

A unit of length of thread or yarn.

A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock. Synonyms: grazing land, ley, pasture, pastureland.

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"Lea" Quotes from Famous Books

... lofty mountain Down over vale and lea, And I saw a ship come sailing, Sailing, sailing, I saw a ship come sailing, And on it were ...

— Pelle the Conqueror, Complete • Martin Andersen Nexo

... Professor, "no doubt we cannot be said to be in a place of absolute safety, nevertheless the danger is not great, because we can generally observe the avalanches in time to get out of the way of spent shots; and, besides, if we run under the lea of such boulders as that, we are quite safe, unless it were to be hit by one pretty nearly as large as itself." He pointed as he spoke to a mass of granite about the size of an omnibus, which lay just in ...

— Rivers of Ice • R.M. Ballantyne

... wash out the floor," and he was soon on his knees, scrubbing away as if it were a daily occurrence with him. And Nellie, pleased and happy beyond expression, sat in the big chair by the fireside and sang his favorite ballad, "Kirkconnel Lea." ...

— The Underworld - The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner • James C. Welsh

... was the patient answer. "It's a silly thing, Carol. There's no sense to it. 'The wind went drifting o'er the lea.'" ...

— Prudence Says So • Ethel Hueston

... des patriotes, Par des rois encore infectes. La terre de la liberte Rejette les os des despotes. De ces monstres divinises Que tous lea cercueils soient brises! Que leur memoirs soit fletrie! Et qu'avec leurs manes errants Sortent du sein de la patrie Les cadavres de ...

— The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X • Imbert De Saint-Amand

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