cley

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English cle, clea, from Old English clēa (“claw”) (where the oblique forms > English claw). ==== Noun ==== 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" ===== Derived terms ===== cleystaff === Etymology 2 === From Middle English cley, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”). ==== Noun ==== cley (plural cleys) Alternative spelling of clay. === Anagrams === Cely, cyle == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English clǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij. ==== Alternative forms ==== clai, clay, claye, clei, cleiȝ, cleye ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /klæi̯/ ==== Noun ==== cley (uncountable) Clay, plaster, or earth resembling it. Any earth or soil Something of little value or import. ===== Related terms ===== cleyed cleyen cleyere cleyye ===== Descendants ===== English: clay, cley Scots: cley Yola: cley ==== References ==== “clei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-1. === Etymology 2 === From Old French cloie. ==== Alternative forms ==== claye, clei ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈklæi̯(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== cley (plural cleys) A frame composed of planks crossed together. ==== References ==== “clei(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-1. == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English cley, from Old English clǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kleː/ === Noun === cley clay === References === 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