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cleys

cleys is the plural of cley.

Meaning of cley

Noun

cley (plural cleys)

  1. (obsolete) A claw.
    • 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 Emeu1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 74

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What is cleys the plural of?
Cleys is the plural of cley.

Words near cleys in the dictionary

  1. Clex
  2. Clexa
  3. Clexana
  4. cley
  5. Cley next the Sea
  6. cleys
  7. cleystaff
  8. CLG
  9. CLGs
  10. CLI
  11. cli-fi

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