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Sump :: Sump (n.) A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion..

Meerschaum :: Meerschaum (n.) A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite..

Temper :: Temper (v. t.) To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc..

Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like..

Loam :: Loam (n.) A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due..

Blunger :: Blunger (n.) A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi/ing the clay in potteries; a plunger..

Cement :: Cement (n.) A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water..

Urry :: Urry (n.) A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal.

Argillous :: Argillous (a.) Argillaceous; clayey.

Gannister :: Gannister (n.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads..

Pug :: Pug (v. t.) To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc..

Portland Cement :: Portland cement () A cement having the color of the Portland stone of England, made by calcining an artificial mixture of carbonate of lime and clay, or sometimes certain natural limestones or chalky clays. It contains a large proportion of clay, and hardens under water..

Rabat :: Rabat (n.) A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.

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..

Tasco :: Tasco (n.) A kind of clay for making melting pots.

Embed :: Embed (v. t.) To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand..

Kiefekil :: Kiefekil (n.) A species of clay; meerschaum.

Clayes :: Clayes (n. pl.) Wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments..

Flucan :: Flucan (n.) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it..

Wacky :: Wacky (n.) A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt..

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