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Gley vs Ley - What's the difference?

gley | ley |

As nouns the difference between gley and ley

is that gley is (soil science) a type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen while ley is .

As a verb 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 an adjective ley is

(obsolete) fallow; unseeded.

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 ----

    ley

    English

    Noun

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

    Adjective

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

    Anagrams

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