glies

French

Noun

glies f

  1. plural of glie

Yola

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡliːz/

Noun

glies

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

References
  • 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
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