1) A measure of yarn, of varying quantity.
1399-1400 Et in xl lee luminon ’ emp. pro praed. torchez 2s 6d , Ripon
1469 et x les de coverlet yarn , Ripon
1521 v leye of garne that I borrowed of the wyff of Wylliam Rastryk , Harrogate
1544 a pare of newe harden shettes and xx leas of yerne , South Kirkby
1602 Item 18 ley of hemp yearne 1s 1d , Knaresborough
1640 Item, one lea of yarne 16d , Bingley
1731 49 lea of yarn 10s , Spofforth.
2) A regional word for scythe, noted as early as 1483 (OED) and said to differ from the southern scythe (EDD).
1559 j turfspade iiijd, ij old leys viij [sic], Westerdale
1559 iij axes, ij lees, Hipswell
1573 vij lease, iijs, Scawthwaite, Cumbria
1619 2 leayes or sythes vs, Brandsby. Attributive uses: 1611 j spadeshafte ... j lea craddle
1617 leashaftes, pichforke shaftes, rake shaftes, Brandsby.