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gleying

gleying is the present participle and gerund of gley.

Meaning of gley

Verb (1)

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.

Verb (2)

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.
    • “Muckle lang gleyed Sanny Fite,” shouted the stranger1800, Banffshire

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Questions about gleying

What is gleying the present participle and gerund of?
Gleying is the present participle and gerund of gley.

Words near gleying in the dictionary

  1. glew up
  2. glews
  3. gley
  4. gleyed
  5. gleyic
  6. gleying
  7. gleyosol
  8. gleyosols
  9. gleys
  10. gleysoil
  11. gleysoils

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