ley
a pewter containing about 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead.
Origin of ley
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How to use ley in a sentence
Names ending in ley generally came into existence in the same way, a ley being also a shelter for domestic animals.
Stories That Words Tell Us | Elizabeth O'NeillQue la ley slica, que dizien, es baya, y las armas la allanarian.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry BairdThe grapes are collected and dipped in a weak ley, with which a small quantity of olive-oil has been mixed.
Letters from Palestine | J. D. PaxtonNankeens look best, washed in suds, with a teacup of ley added for each pailful.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy | Catherine Esther BeecherSoak new nankeens in ley, for one night, and it sets the color perfectly.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy | Catherine Esther Beecher
British Dictionary definitions for ley
/ (leɪ, liː) /
arable land put down to grass; grassland or pastureland
Also called: ley line a line joining two prominent points in the landscape, thought to be the line of a prehistoric track
Origin of ley
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