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Coley vs Cley - What's the difference?

coley | cley |

As nouns the difference between coley and cley

is that coley is coalfish, Pollachius virenscley is a claw.

coley

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • coalfish, Pollachius virens
  • 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