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Clunch :: Clunch (n.) Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3..

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..

Porcelanite :: Porcelanite (n.) A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper..

Nonesuch :: Nonesuch (n.) A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a species of medic (Medicago lupulina), a variety of pottery clay, etc..

Clay :: Clay (v. t.) To cover or manure with clay.

Indurate :: Indurate (v. i.) To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat..

Imbed :: Imbed (v. t.) To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc..

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..

Pipeclay :: Pipeclay (v. t.) To clear off; as, to pipeclay accounts..

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..

Workable :: Workable (a.) Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay..

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

Alum Shale :: Alum shale () A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock..

Bolar :: Bolar (a.) Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey.

Slip :: Slip (n.) Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts..

Geophagist :: Geophagist (n.) One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc..

Umber :: Umber (n.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below..

Earth :: Earth (n.) The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth..

Cob :: Cob (n.) Clay mixed with straw.

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