glies

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French[edit]

Noun[edit]

glies f

  1. plural of glie

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Etymology[edit]

A fossilised plural of *glie, borrowed from Irish dlaoi (bundle of thatch), from Old Irish dlaí, dluí. Compare also swingale (swindle).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

glies

  1. straw tied at one end (used for thatching stacks)

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 42