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lea
/liː/
name 7noun 6
Collocations
3ADJ.
o'er
LEA + NOUN
homeward, plowman
ADV.
slowly
Definitions
noun
1
An open field, meadow, pasture.
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
19th century, Alfred Tennyson, Circumstance Two children in two neighbor villages Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas;
noun
1
Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards (275 m); for cotton, 120 yards (110 m).
2
A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
name
1
A female given name from Hebrew, form of Leah.
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The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
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19th century, Alfred Tennyson, Circumstance Two children in two neighbor villages Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas;
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