gley noun. [gleɪ] Also glei. E20.
[Ukrainian gleū sticky bluish clay, cogn. with CLAY noun.]
Soil Science. A sticky blue-grey waterlogged soil or soil layer in which iron is reduced to the ferrous form; such a soil having brownish mottling due to oxidation during intermittent dry periods. Also gley soil.

■ gleyed adjective turned into a gley M20.

■ gleying noun = GLEIZATION M20.

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gley verb intrans. [glʌɪ] Also glee [gli:]. obsolete exc. Scot. & north. ME.
[Origin unkn. Cf. GLEDGE verb & noun, GLEG noun & verb.]
Squint, look sideways; have a cast in one or both eyes.

■ gleyd adjective (a) having a cast in one or both eyes; squint-eyed; (b) crooked, twisted; wrong, awry: L15.

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