English

Alternative forms

• glei

Noun

gley ‎(plural gleys)

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

Synonyms

• gleysol, gleisol

Derived terms

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

• Melʹnyčuk O. S., editor (1982–2012), “глей”, in Etymolohičnyj slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kiev: Naukova Dumka

Etymology 2

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.

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Related terms

• agley

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡləi/

Verb

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

1. to squint