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See also: Poley
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
poley (not comparable)
- (UK, dialect, archaic) Without horns; polled.
- 1859, Henry Kingsley, The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn:
- If it had been any other beast which knocked me down but that poley heifer, I should have been hurt.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
poley
- Alternative form of poly (Teucrium polium).
References[edit]
- “poley”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.