cley
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English cle, clea, from Old English clēa (“claw”) (where the oblique forms > English claw).
Noun
editcley (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
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle English cley, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”).
Noun
editcley (plural cleys)
- Alternative spelling of clay
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English clǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcley (uncountable)
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editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “clei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-1.
Etymology 2
editFrom Old French cloie.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcley (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
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English cley, from Old English clǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcley
- 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
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