gley
English
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Gley (soil)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡleɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology 1
1920s, from Ukrainian глей (hlej, “clayey soil”), from Proto-Slavic *glьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁y-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate of clay.
Alternative forms
- glei
Noun
gley (plural gleys)
- (soil science) A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
Synonyms
- gleysol, gleisol
Derived terms
Derived terms
- gleization
- gleyed, gleied
- gleying, gleiing
- gleysolic
Verb
gley (third-person singular simple present gleys, present participle gleying, simple past and past participle gleyed)
- (soil science) To be converted into this kind of soil.
References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “глей”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Etymology 2
From Scots.
Verb
gley (third-person singular simple present gleys, present participle gleying, simple past and past participle gleyed)
- (Scotland) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.
- 1800, Banffshire:
- “Muckle lang gleyed Sanny Fite,” shouted the stranger
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Related terms
- agley
Anagrams
- gyle
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡləi/
Verb
gley (third-person singular simple present gleys, present participle gleyin, simple past gleyed, past participle gleyed)
- to squint