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Gleg vs Gley - What's the difference?

gleg | gley |

As verbs the difference between gleg and gley

is that gleg is (regional) to glance while gley is (soil science) to be converted into this kind of soil or gley can be (scotland) to squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.

As nouns the difference between gleg and gley

is that gleg is a look or glance or gleg can be while gley is (soil science) a type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.

gleg

English

Etymology 1

Verb

  • (regional) To glance.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A look or glance.
  • *1913 , DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers , Penguin 2006, p. 308:
  • *:And besides, you'd do the tomb so well. Everybody feels as if they want a gleg at the skeleton in your vault.

    • Etymology 2

    Variant forms.

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • ----

    gley

    English

    (Gley soil)

    Etymology 1

    1920s, from (etyl) . Cognate of clay.

    Alternative forms

    * glei

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (soil science) A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
    • Synonyms
    * gleysol, gleisol
    Derived terms
    * gleyed, gleied * gleying, gleiing * gleization * gleysolic

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (soil science) To be converted into this kind of soil.

    • References

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    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.
    • (Jamieson)
    Related terms
    * agley ----