ley

[ ley ]

/ leɪ /

noun

a pewter containing about 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead.

Origin of ley

aphetic variant of obsolete aleyalloy

Words nearby ley

lexis, lex loci, lex non scripta, lex scripta, lex talionis, ley, Leyden, Leyden jar, Leydig, Leydig cell, ley farming

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Example sentences from the Web for ley

On the south side of the vestrarie standeth a grete library with ij longe lecturnalles theron to ley on the bokes.
The Care of Books|John Willis Clark
Of these a ley is formed, in which one part of annotto is dissolved; and the mixture is boiled for an hour and a half.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Miss Ley smiled; it was certainly curious that a creature of quite angelic goodness should make so Machiavellian a suggestion.
Mrs. Craddock|W. Somerset Maugham
Miss Ley repressed a smile, but her eyes gleamed and danced as though she were a young woman.
Mrs. Craddock|W. Somerset Maugham

Miss Ley presently left the room, and Bertha looked at the prim dahlias with a heart full of emotion.
Mrs. Craddock|W. Somerset Maugham

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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单词	ley
释义	ley [ ley ] / leɪ / noun a pewter containing about 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead. Origin of ley aphetic variant of obsolete aleyalloy Words nearby ley lexis, lex loci, lex non scripta, lex scripta, lex talionis, ley, Leyden, Leyden jar, Leydig, Leydig cell, ley farming Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ley On the south side of the vestrarie standeth a grete library with ij longe lecturnalles theron to ley on the bokes. The Care of Books\|John Willis Clark Of these a ley is formed, in which one part of annotto is dissolved; and the mixture is boiled for an hour and a half. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines\|Andrew Ure Miss Ley smiled; it was certainly curious that a creature of quite angelic goodness should make so Machiavellian a suggestion. Mrs. Craddock\|W. Somerset Maugham Miss Ley repressed a smile, but her eyes gleamed and danced as though she were a young woman. Mrs. Craddock\|W. Somerset Maugham Miss Ley presently left the room, and Bertha looked at the prim dahlias with a heart full of emotion. Mrs. Craddock\|W. Somerset Maugham 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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