poley

See also: Poley

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

poley (not comparable)

1. (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

Noun

poley

1. Alternative form of poly (Teucrium polium).

References

• “poley”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Poyle, ployé, pyelo, pyelo-