glei

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A form of gley — A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.

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Meanings

nounglei (plural gleis)

plural gleis

  1. alternativeAlternative form of gley.
verbglei (third-person singular simple present gleis, present participle gleiing, simple past and past participle gleied)

present singular third person gleis · participle present gleiing · participle past gleied · past gleied

  1. alternativeAlternative form of gley.

    These depend in a large measure on the movement of the moisture which brings about the gleiing effects, i.e., the rapidity with which the solution introduces changes in the soil.

    1949, Jacob Samuel Joffe, Pedology, page 426

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

GeilGileEgliLieg
Cite this entry
APA

glei. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glei

MLA

“glei.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glei. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glei,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glei.

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