ley


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ley1 /leɪ/
noun a piece of land temporarily put down to grass, clover, etc., in contrast to permanent pasture.
– origin OE lǣge ‘fallow’ (recorded in lǣghrycg ‘ridge left at the edge of a ploughed field’); rel. to lay1 and lie1.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ley2 /leɪ, liː/ (also ley line)
noun a supposed straight line connecting three or more ancient sites, sometimes regarded as the line of a former track and associated by some with lines of energy and other paranormal phenomena.
– origin 1920s: var. of lea.
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