league lig, sb.1 Forms: 4-5 leghe, 4-6 lege, leuge, (4 lewge, 5 lewke,
leuke, leeke), 5-6 leege, 6 legge, le(a)que, Sc. lig, 6-7 leag(e, 6-
league. Late ME. leuge, lege, leghe, etc., ad. late L. leuga, leuca (=
late Gr. leu'gh, leu'kh), according to Hesychius and Jordanes a
Gaulish word; hence OFr. liue, liwe (mod.Fr. lieue), Pr. lega, legua,
Cat. llegua, Sp. legua, Pg. legoa, Ital. lega.
An itinerary measure of distance, varying in different countries, but
usually estimated roughly at about 3 miles; app. never in regular use in
England, but often occurring in poetical or rhetorical statements of
distance.
Thus, a league outside 
