Gley

//ɡleɪ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
Verb
  1. 1
    To be converted into this kind of soil.
  2. 2
    To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things. Scotland

    "“Muckle lang gleyed Sanny Fite,” shouted the stranger"

Synonyms

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gleisolgleysolgleysol

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"“Muckle lang gleyed Sanny Fite,” shouted the stranger"

Etymology

Etymology 1

1920s, from Ukrainian ґлей (glej, “clayey soil”), from Proto-Slavic *glьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁y-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate of clay.

Etymology 2

From Scots.

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