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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Cohesive :: Cohesive (a.) Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay..
Harden :: Harden (v. t.) To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron..
Bole :: Bole (n.) Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba..
Blond Metal :: Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools..
Phyllite :: Phyllite (n.) Clay slate; argillaceous schist.
Rock :: Rock (n.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds..
Sinopite :: Sinopite (n.) A brickred ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint.
Pipeclay :: Pipeclay (v. t.) To clear off; as, to pipeclay accounts..
Temper :: Temper (v. t.) To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc..
Plastic :: Plastic (a.) Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child..
Portulacaceous :: Portulacaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacaceae), of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the spring beauty (Claytonia) and other genera..
Batter :: Batter (v. t.) Paste of clay or loam.
Argil :: Argil (n.) Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay..
Indurated :: Indurated (a.) Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart..
Clay :: Clay (v. t.) To cover or manure with clay.
Rabat :: Rabat (n.) A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
Claytonia :: Claytonia (n.) An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.
Model :: Model (n.) Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine..
Underclay :: Underclay (n.) A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria..
Kabook :: Kabook (n.) A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.
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