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Webster 1913 Edition


Poley

Po′ley

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
See
Poly
.

Po′ley

,
Adj.
Without horns; polled.
[Prov. Eng.]
“That poley heifer.”
H. Kingsley.

Webster 1828 Edition


Poley

PO'LEY

,
Noun.
[L. polium; Gr. white.] A plant. The poley grass is of the genus Lythrum.

Definition 2024


poley

poley

English

Adjective

poley (not comparable)

  1. (Britain, dialect) Without horns; polled.
    • Henry Kingsley
      If it had been any other beast which knocked me down but that poley heifer, I should have been hurt.

Etymology 2

Noun

poley

  1. (botany) Alternative form of poly