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Leigh vs Lea - What's the difference?

leigh | lea |

As verbs the difference between leigh and lea

is that leigh is to read while lea is to tie, bind.

leigh

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) * (in personal and place names) (l), (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A meadow.
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    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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