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gley
[ gley ]
noun
, Geology.
- a mottled soil in which iron compounds have been oxidized and reduced by intermittent water saturation.
gley
/ ɡleɪ /
noun
- a bluish-grey compact sticky soil occurring in certain humid regions
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gley1
C20: from Russian glei clay
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Example Sentences
The wifes assistants, if she has any, are unspeakably in the rough, and little children make all her schemes gang a-gley.
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But "the best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley."
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Camus and Gley,60 with crude preparations, had previously obtained a similar result.
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But, "the best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft a-gley."
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The best-laid plans of politicians, however, (p. 189) gang aft a-gley.
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