† glayen.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: clay n.
Etymology: Representing a (probably imagined) regional pronunciation of clay n., with voicing of the initial plosive.
1575 W. Stevenson i. ii. sig. Aiiv Gogs bones thys vylthy glaye hase drest mee to bad.
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