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Sleyed vs Gleyed - What's the difference?

sleyed | gleyed |

As verbs the difference between sleyed and gleyed

is that sleyed is past tense of sley while gleyed is past tense of gley.

sleyed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sley)

    • sley

    English

    Noun

    (sleys)
  • reed (of a loom)
  • A guideway in a knitting machine.
    • (Knight)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (weaving) To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed.

    • Related terms

    * sleave * sleid (Webster 1913)

    gleyed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gley)

    • 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 ----