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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lea \Lea\, n. [Cf. {Lay}, n. (that which is laid), 4.] (Textile
Manuf.)
a A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120
yards; a lay.
b A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lea \Lea\, n. [OE. ley, lay, As le['a]h, le['a]; akin to Prov.
G. lon bog, morass, grove, and perh. to L. lucus grove, E.
light, n.]
A meadow or sward land; a grassy field. ``Plow-torn leas.''
--Shak.
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mausoleum \Mau`so*le"um\, n.; pl E. {Mausoleums}, L. {-lea}.
[L. mausoleum, Gr ?, fr ? Mausolus king of Caria, to whom
Artemisia, his widow, erected a stately monument.]
A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lea
n 1: a unit of length of thread or yarn
2: a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for
grazing by livestock [syn: {pasture}, {pastureland}, {grazing
land}, {ley}]
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