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Lea vs Mews - What's the difference?

lea | mews |

As nouns the difference between lea and mews

is that lea is an open field, meadow while mews is an alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.

As a proper noun Lea

is {{given name|female|from=Hebrew}}, latinized form of Leah.

As a verb mews is

third-person singular of mew.

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

    * ----

    mews

    English

    (wikipedia mews)

    Etymology 1

    From Mewes , the name of the royal stables at .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (British) An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.
  • * 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 106
  • It was healthy and magnificient because one room, above a mews , somewhere near the river, contained fifty excited, talkative, friendly people.
  • (falconry) A place where birds of prey are housed.
  • References
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    Etymology 2

    Plural noun, see mew .

    Noun

    (head)
  • Etymology 3

    See (mew).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mew)
  • Anagrams

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