gley

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English

Gley (soil)
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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.

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Noun

gley (plural gleys)

  1. (soil science) A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
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Verb

gley (third-person singular simple present gleys, present participle gleying, simple past and past participle gleyed)

  1. (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)

  1. (Scotland) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.
    • 1800, Banffshire:
      “Muckle lang gleyed Sanny Fite,” shouted the stranger

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Pronunciation

Verb

gley (third-person singular simple present gleys, present participle gleyin, simple past gleyed, past participle gleyed)

  1. to squint