Index of English words, starting with "le"

(1) - Lea (n.) A meadow or sward land; a grassy field.
(2) - Lea (n.) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
(3) - Lea (n.) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.

(1) - Leach (n.) See Leech, a physician.
(2) - Leach (v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
(3) - Leach (v. t.) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.
(4) - Leach (v. t.) To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.
(5) - Leach (n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
(6) - Leach (n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
(7) - Leach (n.) See 3d Leech.