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name
Ellipsis of Cley next the Sea: a coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0443).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
A claw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Alternative spelling of clay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
From Middle English cle, clea, from Old English clēa (“claw”) (where the oblique forms > English claw).
From Middle English cley, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”).
