gley

[ gley ]

noun

, Geology.

1. a mottled soil in which iron compounds have been oxidized and reduced by intermittent water saturation.

gley

/ ɡleɪ /

noun

1. a bluish-grey compact sticky soil occurring in certain humid regions

Word History and Origins

Origin of gley¹

1925–30; < Ukrainian gleĭ clayey earth; cognate with Byelorussian, Russian dialect gleĭ, Serbo-Croatian glêj; akin to clay

Word History and Origins

Origin of gley¹

C20: from Russian glei clay

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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