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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ley \Ley\ (l[=a]), v. t. & i.
     To lay; to wager. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ley \Ley\, n. [OF.]
     Law. --Abbott.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ley \Ley\ (l[imac]), n. [Obs.]
     See Lye.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ley \Ley\ (l[=e]), n.
     Grass or meadow land; a lea.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ley \Ley\, a.
     Fallow; unseeded. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Lye \Lye\, n. [Written also lie and ley.] [AS. le['a]h; akin
     to D. loog, OHG. louga, G. lauge; cf. Icel. laug a bath, a
     hot spring.]
     1. A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts,
        obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making
        soap, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Chem.) Sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, or a
        concentrated aqueous solution of either compound.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ley \Ley\ (l[=a]), v. t. & i.
     To lay; to wager. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ley \Ley\, n. [OF.]
     Law. --Abbott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ley \Ley\ (l[imac]), n. [Obs.]
     See Lye.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ley \Ley\ (l[=e]), n.
     Grass or meadow land; a lea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ley \Ley\, a.
     Fallow; unseeded. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Lye \Lye\, n. [Written also lie and ley.] [AS. le['a]h; akin
     to D. loog, OHG. louga, G. lauge; cf. Icel. laug a bath, a
     hot spring.]
     A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts,
     obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making
     soap, etc.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  ley
       n : a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for
           grazing by livestock [syn: pasture, pastureland, grazing
           land, lea]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ley
     Ισπανικά n.
     ο νόμος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ley
     Chavacano n.
     law
     Fula prep.
     1 (lb ff Maasina) in
     2 under
     Portuguese n.
     (obsolete spelling of pt lei)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Ley
     n.
     (surname: en).
     n.
     (place en commune department/Moselle p/Lorraine region/Grand Est
  c/France)
     Slovak n.
     (inflection of sk Lea  gen)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  ley
     a.
     1 (lb en agriculture) fallow; unseeded.
     2 (lb en agriculture) crop rotation to pasture instead of cropping.
     n.
     1 (alternative spelling of en lea)
     2 A ley line.
     n.
     (archaic form of en lye)
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) law.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Ley
     n.
     (surname: en).
     n.
     (place en commune department/Moselle p/Lorraine region/Grand Est
  c/France)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  ley
     Middle English n.
     an open field or meadow
     Portuguese n.
     (obsolete spelling of pt lei)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Ley
     n.
     (surname: en).
     n.
     (place en commune department/Moselle p/Lorraine region/Grand Est
  c/France)
     Slovak n.
     (inflection of sk Lea  gen)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  ley
     Middle English n.
     an open field or meadow
     Portuguese n.
     (obsolete spelling of pt lei)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Ley
     n.
     (surname: en).
     n.
     (place en commune department/Moselle p/Lorraine region/Grand Est
  c/France)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ley
     Espanja n.
     laki

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ley
     Spanska n.
     (tagg kat=juridik språk=es) lag

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ley /lˈeɪ/
   [Br.] Wechselgrünland , zeitweiliges Grünland, Feldgraswiese 
     Synonyms: temporary ley, temporary grassland
  
   see: grassland, meadowland, meadowlands, meadow, natural grassland, permanent grassland, chalk grassland, limestone grassland, limestone prairie, acidic grassland, arid grassland, arid sward, dry sward, dry meadow, xerothermous meadow
  

From Kurdish-German Ferheng/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:kur-deu ]

  ley /lˈal bˈun/
  Flut

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  ley /lˈei/
  llei  

From Spanish-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1 :   [ freedict:spa-deu ]

  ley /lˈeɪ/ 
  Gesetz 

From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:spa-eng ]

  ley /lˈeɪ/
  law

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɫeɪ/

From IPA:es_ES :   [ IPA:es_ES ]

  

/leY/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  LEY. This word is old French, a corruption of loi, and signifies law; for 
  example, Termes de la Ley, Terms of the Law. In another, and an old 
  technical sense, ley signifies an oath, or the oath with compurgators; as, 
  il tend sa ley aiu pleyntiffe. Brit. c. 27. 
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 牧地,草地,每隔一段时间改为耕地的草地;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 牧地,草地,每隔一段时间改为耕地的草地

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