See Also: Gley(medicine)
gley(1)(dictionary)
gley(2)(dictionary)
gley(encyclopedia)
Gley's gland(medicine)

stagehand (oh) and gley(1) (iou)


stagehand (oh)



someone who works on a theatre stage, getting it ready for a play or for the next part of a play

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.