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
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ley1
(lā, lē),USA pronunciation n., adj.
ley2 (lā),USA pronunciation n.
ley3 (lā),USA pronunciation n.
- lea1.
ley2 (lā),USA pronunciation n.
- Currencyleu.
ley3 (lā),USA pronunciation n.
- a pewter containing about 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead.
- aphetic variant of obsolete aley alloy
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'ley' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Annie Oakley
- Apple Valley
- Atlantic ridley
- Bailey bridge
- Bradley Fighting Vehicle
- Buckley's chance
- Castro Valley
- Central Valley
- Chinese parsley
- Cooley's anemia
- Death Valley
- Death Valley National Monument
- Foley catheter
- Fort Riley
- Fountain Valley
- Getz
- Golden Valley
- Great Rift Valley
- Hadley chest
- Halley's comet
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay
- Harley Street
- Henley
- Imperial Valley
- Indus valley civilization
- Pitt
- alley cat
- barley coal
- barley sack
- barley stripe
- barley sugar
- barley water
- barleycorn
- bastard ridley
- blind alley
- bow trolley
- bowling alley
- charley horse
- cone pulley
- distance medley
- drowned valley
- false lily of the valley
- four-rowed barley
- galley proof
- galley slave
- good-time Charlie
- half volley
- hanging valley
- idle pulley
- individual medley