Definition of clay

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Clay (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar..

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Sienna :: Sienna (n.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt..
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..
Clunch :: Clunch (n.) Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball..
Kabook :: Kabook (n.) A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.
Argillo-areenaceous :: Argillo-areenaceous (a.) Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil..
Bend :: Bend (n.) Hard, indurated clay; bind..
Stemmed :: Stem (v. t.) To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole..
Malmbrick :: Malmbrick (n.) A kind of brick of a light brown or yellowish color, made of sand, clay, and chalk..
Flucan :: Flucan (n.) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it..
Pug :: Pug (n.) Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.
Crockery :: Crockery (n.) Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds..
Indurate :: Indurate (v. t.) To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air..
Porcelanite :: Porcelanite (n.) A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper..
Tamp :: Tamp (v. t.) In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected..
Prometheus :: Prometheus (n.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver..
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)..
Phyllite :: Phyllite (n.) Clay slate; argillaceous schist.
Blunger :: Blunger (n.) A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi/ing the clay in potteries; a plunger..
Pipestone :: Pipestone (n.) A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite..
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