gley

Gley (soil)

Meanings

Noun

A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.

Verb

To be converted into this kind of soil.
To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.

Related

Similar words

gleysol, gleisol

Origin

1920s, from Ukrainian глей, from Proto-Slavic *glьjь, , from Proto-Indo-European, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate of clay.

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