different between gleysol vs gley

English

Etymology

gley +? -sol

Noun

gleysol (countable and uncountable, plural gleysols)

1. gley soil

Translations

Anagrams

• sylloge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?/

Etymology 1

1920s, from Ukrainian ???? (glej, “clayey soil”), from Proto-Slavic *gl?j?, from *gli-jo-. Cognate of clay.

Alternative forms

• glei

Noun

gley (plural gleys)

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

Synonyms

• gleysol, gleisol

Derived terms

Verb

gley (third-person singular simple present gleys, present participle gleying, simple past and past participle gleyed)

1. (soil science) To be converted into this kind of soil.

References

• Mel?ny?uk O. S., editor (1982–2012) , “????”, in Etymolohi?nyj slovnyk ukrajins?koji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyjiv: Naukova Dumka

Etymology 2

Verb

gley (third-person singular simple present gleys, present participle gleying, simple past and past participle gleyed)

1. (Scotland) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.

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Related terms

• agley

Anagrams

• gyle

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?i/

Verb

gley (third-person singular present gleys, present participle gleyin, past gleyed, past participle gleyed)

1. to squint