单词 | cledgy |
释义 | cledgyadj. Of the nature of cledge; clayey; stiff, tenacious, sticky. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > clayey clayey1024 clunga1398 clayish1570 cledgy1577 clungy1670 tilly1799 aluminous1841 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1881) i. xviii. iii. 139 The sundrie kinds of moold, as the cledgie or claie. 1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. vi. i. 160 Although the waters that run by chalke or cledgie soiles be good. 1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. (E.D.S.) Clodgy, cledgy, stiff and dirty. Kent. 1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 Projects 110/1 The stiff cledgy land was but little better. 1876 G. L. Gower Surrey Provincialisms (English Dialect Society no.12. Series C: Original glossaries) Cledgy, wet, sticky, of ground. Land is said ‘to work so cledgy’. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Cledgy, stiff and sticky. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1577 |
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