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},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ley"
},
"expansion": "ley",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "lier",
"t": "to bind"
},
"expansion": "Old French lier (“to bind”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "laisse",
"t": "leash, cord"
},
"expansion": "Old French laisse (“leash, cord”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "lïace"
},
"expansion": "Old French lïace",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "lïaz",
"t": "bundle"
},
"expansion": "lïaz (“bundle”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English le, lee, ley, of uncertain origin. Compare Old French lier (“to bind”), Old French laisse (“leash, cord”), Old French lïace, lïaz (“bundle”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "leas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "lea (plural leas)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards (275 m); for cotton, 120 yards (110 m)."
],
"links": [
[
"measure",
"measure"
],
[
"yarn",
"yarn"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "rap"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle."
],
"links": [
[
"warp",
"warp"
],
[
"thread",
"thread"
],
[
"loop",
"loop"
],
[
"heddle",
"heddle"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/liː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/leɪ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪ"
},
{
"homophone": "lee"
},
{
"homophone": "Lee"
},
{
"homophone": "Leigh"
}
],
"word": "lea"
}
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