noun
definition
An open field, meadow.
Examples of lea in a Sentence
It lies between the river Lea and the western outskirts of Epping Forest.
But this I know, I love to play In the meadow, among the hay-- Up the water, and o'er the lea, That's the way for Billy and me.
The Lea separates the county of London from Essex, but the townships of West Ham and Stratford, Barking and Ilford, Leyton and Walthamstow continue the metropolis in this direction almost without a break.
Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the gray trout lies asleep, Up the river and o'er the lea, That's the way for Billy and me.
The trout-fishing in the upper Thames and many of its tributaries (such as the Kennet, Colne and Lea) is famous.
Lea Moore is a police detective in Oakland, California.
The biggest fake one, with the long red talons, is Lea !
We also note that Lea 's tan has not run during her teary moments.
The island is accessible by ferry from Alexandria Bay or from Rockport and Ivy Lea, Ontario Canada.
Lea Michele Sarfati was born on this day in 1986 in New York.
Like co-star Lea Michele, Morrison was well-known in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions before Glee came along.
Lea Thompson, Carly Patterson, Cheech Marin, and Jai Rodriguez soon followed.
Is Glee's Lea Michele worse than Rachel, the character she plays on the hit show?
If you watch Glee, and there are plenty of you out there, you know how some of Lea Michele's character Rachel's comments can sometimes be a bit cringe-worthy.
Maybe that's why Lea plays such a convincing diva on screen?
They told Lea they were from Sydney, to which she snippily replied that she preferred Melbourne to Sydney.
Lea Michele and Catherine Zeta-Jones demonstrate the beauty of luscious dark brown locks.
Lea is not originally from Miami, but she is a prominent figure within the community.
His pact with Lea often haunts the wizard because he knows she can command him to obey her as the pact requires.
The abbey stood in the marshes, on a branch of the Lea known as the Abbey Creek, about 2 m.
North of the Thames, and west of its tributary the Lea, which partly bounds the administrative county on the east, London is built upon a series of slight undulations, only rarely sufficient to make the streets noticeably steep. On the northern boundary of the county a height of 443 ft.
Lower still, marshes formerly extended far up the valley of the Lea.
The Old North Road, entering London from the Lea valley through Hackney and Shoreditch as Stamford Hill, Stoke Newington Road and Kingsland Road, reaches the City by Bishopsgate.
He therefore suggested that the bridge was constructed over the marshy valley of the Lea, probably near Stratford.
The greatest of all Plenary Indulgences is of course the Roman 1 Equally strong assertions were made by the provincial council of Mainz in 1261; and Lea (p. 287) quotes the complaints of 36 similar church councils before 1538.
The country neighbouring to Harpenden is very pleasant, including the gorse-covered Harpenden Common and the narrow well-wooded valley of the upper Lea.
At the end of this year and early in 895 (896) the Danes drew their ships up the Thames"and Lea and fortified themselves twenty miles above London.
The present forest lies between the valleys of the Roding and the Lea, and extends southward from Epping to the vicinity of Woodford and Walthamstow, a distance of about 7 m.
Dr Lea is probably right in suggesting that it was a confused recollection of these decrees which prompted one of Cranmer's judges to assure him that "his children were bondmen to the see of Canterbury."
Dr Lea has, however, omitted the most striking authority of all.
Lastly, statistical research has shown that the children of the married British clergy have been distinguished far beyond their mere numerical proportion.8/n==Authorities== - Henry Charles Lea, History of Sacerdotal Celibacy (3rd ed., 1907, 2 vols), is by far the fullest and best work on this subject, though a good deal of important matter omitted by Dr Lea may be found in Die Einfiihrung der erzwungenen Ehelosigkeit by the brothers Johann Anton and Augustin Theiner, which was put on the Roman Index, though Augustin afterwards became archivist at the Vatican (Altenburg, 1828, 2 vols.).
Lea and Miguel further proved that the hydrolysis is due to an enzyme - urase - separable with difficulty from the bacteria concerned.
Colloidal silver is the name given by Carey Lea to the precipitates obtained by adding reducing solutions, such as ferrous sulphate, tartrates, citrates, tannin, &c., or to silver solutions.
In this neighbourhood the county includes the headwaters of the Lea, and thus a small portion of it falls within the Thames basin.
According to the terms of the agreement the boundary was to run along the Thames estuary to the mouth of the Lea (a few miles east of London), then up the Lea to its source near Leighton Buzzard, then due north to Bedford, then eastwards up the Ouse to Watling Street somewhere near Fenny or Stony Stratford.
The camps of the Danes were stormed, their fleet was destroyed in the river Lea in 895, and at last the remnant broke up and dispersed, some to seek easier plunder in France, others to settle down among their kinsmen in Northumbria or East Anglia.
It lies in a narrow valley on the south flank of the Chiltern Hills, on the upper part of the river Lea.
The characteristic shells are found at Lea, 2 m.
With this exception, `'Watling Street, the Ouse and the Lea, continued to be the boundary between Mercia and the Danish kingdom of East Anglia down to the death of "'Ethelred, between 910 and 912.
Rising deputy characters include Nicholas Lea as the perfidious Krycek and Brian Thompson as the shapeshifting alien bounty hunters.
You may be eligible for a LEA grant of up to £ 750 or a departmental bursary.
During the War, three British fighter planes collided over Lea.
The school pays for the hire of the pool and three instructors from its budget delegated by the LEA.
Normally I would not see cutting LEA staff as a problem - indeed I would see it as eminently desirable!
Our school's LEA English Adviser practically told me I was teaching incorrectly by introducing digraphs to Reception children.
If you are currently at school or college your LEA will send application forms direct to your school or college.
For longer exclusions they should plan with the LEA for full-time suitable education.
This is the claim made by local environmentalists involved in the ' Save Lea Valley ' campaign.
How do I apply to become an LEA appointed governor?
Copies of these booklets are available from the lea, or from a local school or library - please contact your LEA for details.