cley
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English cle, clea, from Old English clēa (“claw”) (where the oblique forms > English claw).
Noun edit
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 edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English cley, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”).
Noun edit
cley (plural cleys)
- Alternative spelling of clay
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English clǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cley (uncountable)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “clei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-1.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French cloie.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cley (plural cleys)
- A frame composed of planks crossed together.
References edit
- “clei(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-1.
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English cley, from Old English clǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cley
- clay
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page 86:
- Zim dellen harnothès w'aar nize ee reed cley;
- Some digging earth-nuts with their noses in red clay;
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86