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ley
[ ley ]
/ leɪ /
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noun
a pewter containing about 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead.
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Origin of ley
Aphetic variant of obsolete aleyalloy
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British Dictionary definitions for ley
ley
/ (leɪ, liː) /
noun
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
Word Origin for ley
C14: variant of lea 1
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