释义 |
cledgy, a.|ˈklɛdʒɪ| [f. prec. + -y.] Of the nature of cledge; clayey; stiff, tenacious, sticky.
1577Harrison England i. xviii. (1881) iii. 139 The sundrie kinds of moold, as the cledgie or claie. 1587Ibid. ii. vi. (1877) i. 160 Although the waters that run by chalke or cledgie soiles be good. 1695Kennett Par. Antiq. Gloss. (E.D.S.) Clodgy, cledgy, stiff and dirty. Kent. 1768Projects in Ann. Reg. 110/1 The stiff cledgy land was but little better. 1876Surrey Provinc. (E.D.S.), Cledgy, wet, sticky, of ground. Land is said ‘to work so cledgy’. 1887Kentish Gloss. (E.D.S.), Cledgy, stiff and sticky. |