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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Clay :: Clay (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar..
Statuminate :: Statuette (n.) A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine..
Porcelanite :: Porcelanite (n.) A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper..
Chalk :: Chalk (n.) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon..
Kabook :: Kabook (n.) A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.
Petworth Marble :: Petworth marble () A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble..
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..
Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering..
Clayish :: Clayish (a.) Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it..
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..
Geophagist :: Geophagist (n.) One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc..
Blunge :: Blunge (v. t.) To amalgamate and blend; to beat up or mix in water, as clay..
Earthenware :: Earthenware (n.) Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain..
Claying :: Claying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cla.
Enlute :: Enlute (v. t.) To coat with clay; to lute.
Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat..
Smitt :: Smitt (v. t.) Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep..
Consolidate :: Consolidate (v. i.) To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying..
Pug :: Pug (n.) Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.
Guhr :: Guhr (n.) A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ocher..
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