Containing or resembling cledge; sticky and lumpy; heavy and difficult to work with.
From cledge (a lump of earth) plus -y (a suffix meaning 'characterized by'). Dialect adjective from English farming regions, describing earth or soil conditions.
Old farmers had specific words for different soil conditions—'cledgy' soil was particularly frustrating because it was too sticky to crumble and too lumpy to plant. Specialized vocabulary came from deep expertise in one job.
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