lea-rign.
/ˈliːrɪɡ/, U.S. /ˈliˌrɪɡ/ dialect.
A ridge left in grass at the end of a ploughed field.
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headOE
headlandOE
lea-riga1170
Land's endc1394
headrig1475
hade?1523
land-end1555
furlong1649
hade-way1649
head-ridge1659
sideland1763
headmark1820
turn-row1885
a1170 ( Bounds (Sawyer 605) in S. E. Kelly Charters of Abingdon Abbey, Pt. 2 (2001) 217 Þonne up ondlang broces oð hit cymþ to emnes þam ealdan læg hrycge.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 33 The end of ane leye rig.
1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 664 I'll meet thee on the lea-rig, My ain kind Dearie O.
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