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gley(1) (iou)



gley noun. Also glei. E20.
[Ukrainian gleu sticky bluish clay, cogn. with CLAY noun.]
Soil Science. A sticky blue-grey waterlogged soil or soil layer in which iron is reduced to the ferrous form; such a soil having brownish mottling due to oxidation during intermittent dry periods. Also gley soil.
gleyed adjective turned into a gley M20.
gleying noun = GLEIZATION M20.