As nouns the difference between gley and vley
is that gley is a type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen while vley is alternative form of lang=en.
As a verb gley
is to be converted into this kind of soil.
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
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