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Cley vs Ley - What's the difference?

cley | ley |

In obsolete terms the difference between cley and ley

is that cley is a claw while ley is fallow; unseeded.

As an adjective ley is

fallow; unseeded.

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

    ley

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) law
    • (Abbott)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) fallow; unseeded
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

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