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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Clayed :: Clayed (imp. & p. p.) of Cla.
Pholas :: Pholas (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pholas, or family Pholadidae. They bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks..
Bronzing :: Bronzing (n.) The act or art of communicating to articles in metal, wood, clay, plaster, etc., the appearance of bronze by means of bronze powders, or imitative painting, or by chemical processes..
Loam :: Loam (n.) A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due..
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath..
Bend :: Bend (n.) Hard, indurated clay; bind..
Cohesive :: Cohesive (a.) Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay..
Clod :: Clod (n.) A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay..
Harden :: Harden (v. t.) To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron..
Clunch :: Clunch (n.) Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3..
Fettling :: Fettling (n.) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.
Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering..
Tariff :: Tariff (n.) A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833)..
Sagger :: Sagger (n.) A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a seggar..
Solid :: Solid (a.) Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; -- opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand..
Wacky :: Wacky (n.) A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt..
Petworth Marble :: Petworth marble () A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble..
Bolar :: Bolar (a.) Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey.
Pugging :: Pugging (v. t.) The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc..
Indurate :: Indurate (v. i.) To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat..
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