n. [ Obs. ] See Lye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fallow; unseeded. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Grass or meadow land; a lea. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To lay; to wager. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ] Law. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ pr>(fī"&aitalic_;l).} n. (Elec.) A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland. [1913 Webster]

prop. n. A genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus.
Syn. -- genus Leymus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Leisure. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The name of an island in the Pacific Ocean and of a battle in World War II, at which the American forces experienced the first use of Kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese. The return of U. S. troops to the Philippines after their expulsion by the Japanese began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944.
Syn. -- Leyte Island, Leyte invasion, Battle of Leyte Gulf. [ WordNet 1.5 ]