Definition of clay

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Clay (n.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles..

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Blond Metal :: Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools..
Ochre :: Ochre (n.) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors..
Trap :: Trap (n.) A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at..
Argillo-areenaceous :: Argillo-areenaceous (a.) Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil..
Seggar :: Seggar (n.) A case or holder made of fire clay, in which fine pottery is inclosed while baking in the kin..
Weighboard :: Weighboard (n.) Clay intersecting a vein.
Clay :: Clay (n.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles..
Brick :: Brick (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp..
Lutose :: Lutose (a.) Covered with clay; miry.
Cob :: Cob (n.) Clay mixed with straw.
Indurate :: Indurate (v. t.) To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air..
Ceramics :: Ceramics (n.) Work formed of clay in whole or in part, and baked; as, vases, urns, etc..
Enlute :: Enlute (v. t.) To coat with clay; to lute.
Workable :: Workable (a.) Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay..
Lute :: Lute (n.) A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also luting..
Chibouk :: Chibouk (n.) A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay..
Clay :: Clay (n.) A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities..
Cement :: Cement (n.) A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water..
Crockery :: Crockery (n.) Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds..
Argoile :: Argoile (n.) Potter's clay.
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