poley

See also: Poley

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

poley (not comparable)

1. (UK, dialect) Without horns; polled.
   • (Can we date this quote by Henry Kingsley and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “poley”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• ployé, pyelo, pyelo-