Ley
Pronunciation: lī
| v. t. & i. | 1. | To lay; to wager. |
| n. | 1. | Law. |
| 1. | See Lye. | |
| 1. | Grass or meadow land; a lea. | |
| a. | 1. | Fallow; unseeded. |
| Noun | 1. |  ley - a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock |
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.
common land, commons, country, cow pasture, grassland, grazing land, lea, pasture, pastureland, rural area