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Cley vs Cluey - What's the difference?

cley | cluey |

As a noun cley

is a claw.

As an adjective cluey is

savvy; street-smart; in the know.

cley

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A claw.
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 74:
  • *:"But that more heavy'' Birds are otherwise provided for defence, namely either by ''Spurs'' that grow on their Legs, or by the strength and sharpness of some single cley in their Foot; as I have observed in the ''Cassoware'' or ''Emeu "

    • Derived terms

    * cleystaff

    cluey

    English

    Adjective

  • Savvy; street-smart; in the know.