Gley

Pronunciation

• IPA: /É¡leɪ/

1920s, from Ukrainian глей (hlej, "clayey soil"), from Proto-Slavic *glĭjĭ, from *gli-jo-. Cognate of clay.

Alternative forms

• glei

Full definition of gley

Noun

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

Synonyms

• gleysol, gleisol

Derived terms

• gleyed, gleied
• gleying, gleiing
• gleization
• gleysolic

Verb

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

Verb

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

Related terms

• agley