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cley
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English cle, clea, from Old English cl?a (“claw”) (where the oblique forms > English claw).
Noun
cley (plural cleys)
- (obsolete) A claw.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 74:
- "But that more heavy Birds are otherwise provided for defence, namely either by Spurs that grow on their Legs, or by the strength and sharpness of some single cley in their Foot; as I have observed in the Cassoware or Emeu"
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 74:
Derived terms
- cleystaff
Etymology 2
From Middle English cley, from Old English cl?? (“clay”).
Noun
cley (plural cleys)
- Alternative spelling of clay
Anagrams
- Cely, cyle
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English cl??, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gloh?iyós.
Alternative forms
- clei, clay, clai, clei?, cleye, claye
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?i?/
Noun
cley (uncountable)
- clay, plaster, or earth like clay.
- Any earth or terrain; something of little value or import.
Related terms
- cleyed
- cleyen
- cleyere
- cleyye
Descendants
- English: clay, cley
- Scots: cley
References
- “clei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-1.
Etymology 2
From Old French cloie.
Alternative forms
- clei, claye
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kl?i?(?)/
Noun
cley (plural cleys)
- A frame composed of planks crossed together.
References
- “clei(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-1.
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ley
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le?/, /li?/
- Rhymes: -e?, -i?
Etymology 1
See lea.
Noun
ley (plural leys)
- Alternative spelling of lea
- A ley line.
- 2010, Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate, The Book of English Magic
- For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […]
- 2010, Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate, The Book of English Magic
Adjective
ley (not comparable)
- (agriculture) Fallow; unseeded.
- (agriculture) Rotated to pasture instead of cropping.
Etymology 2
Noun
ley
- Archaic form of lye.
Etymology 3
Noun
ley
- (obsolete) Law.
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Anagrams
- Ely, lye, yel
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English l?ah, l?a?e (“a clearing in the woods”).
Noun
ley (plural leys)
- an open field or meadow
Descendants
- English: ley, lea
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin l?gem, accusative of l?x. Compare Old French lei, loi.
Noun
ley f (oblique plural leys, nominative singular ley, nominative plural leys)
- law
Descendants
- Catalan: llei
- Occitan: lei
Portuguese
Noun
ley f (plural leys)
- Obsolete spelling of lei
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin l?gem, singular accusative of l?x (whence English legal and legitimate), from Proto-Italic *l?g-, from Proto-Indo-European *le?-s, from *le?- (“to gather”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lei/, [?lei?]
Noun
ley f (plural leyes)
- law (a well-established characteristic of nature)
- law (body of rules issued by a legislative body)
- law (particular piece of legislation)
- religion, credence, worship of a god
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- leal
- legal
- legislar
- legítimo
- lindo
Further reading
- “ley” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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