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Lea vs Lawn - What's the difference?

lea | lawn |

As nouns the difference between lea and lawn

is that lea is an open field, meadow while lawn is an open space between woods.

As proper nouns the difference between lea and lawn

is that lea is {{given name|female|from=Hebrew}}, latinized form of Leah while Lawn is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador.

lea

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) legh, lege, lei "clearing, open ground" from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • an open field, meadow
  • *XIX century , Alfred Tennyson,
  • *:Two children in two neighbor villages
  • *:Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas ;

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) lier, to bind

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
  • A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

    • Anagrams

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    lawn

    English

    (wikipedia lawn)

    Etymology 1

    Early Modern English "; Old Norse & Old English land

    Noun

  • An open space between woods.
  • Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
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  • (lb) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.
    • Derived terms
    * lawn mower * lawned

    Etymology 2

    Apparently from (Laon) , a town in France known for its linen manufacturing.

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A type of thin linen or cotton.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), Dracula :
    • The stream had trickled over her chin and stained the purity of her lawn death robe.
  • * 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 144:
    • He looked through the glass at the fire, set it down on the end of the desk and wiped his lips with a sheer lawn handkerchief.
  • (in the plural) Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.
  • (countable, obsolete) A piece of clothing made from lawn.
  • * 1910 , Margaret Hill McCarter, The Price of the Prairie :

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