clay : Idioms & Phrases

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bleaching clay

  • noun an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils
    bleaching earth.
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boulder clay

  • noun unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
    till.
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Bowlder clay

  • the unstratified clay deposit of the Glacial or Drift epoch, often containing large numbers of bowlders.
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Brick clay

  • clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks.
  • the common clay, containing some iron, and therefore turning red when burned.
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cassius clay

  • noun United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
    Cassius Clay; Muhammad Ali; Ali.
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cassius marcellus clay

  • noun United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
    Cassius Clay; Muhammad Ali; Ali.
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China clay

  • noun a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
    china stone; china clay; kaoline; kaolin; terra alba.
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  • See Kaolin.
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Clay cold

  • cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.
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Clay ironstone

  • an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.
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Clay marl

  • a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.
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Clay mill

  • a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug mill.
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clay pigeon

  • noun target used in skeet or trapshooting
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clay pipe

  • noun a pipe made of clay
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Clay pit

  • a pit where clay is dug.
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clay sculpture

  • noun sculpture produced by molding
    mould; molding; modeling; moulding; mold.
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Clay slate

  • (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.
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clay-brained

Clay"-brained` adjective
Definitions
  1. Stupid. Obs. Shak.
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clay-colored robin

  • noun robin of Mexico and Central America
    Turdus greyi.
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Fatty clays

  • clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as halloysite, bole, etc.
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Fire clay

  • a variety of clay, entirely free from lime, iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for fire brick.
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henry clay

  • noun United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
    the Great Compromiser; Clay.
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henry clay frick

  • noun United States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry (1849-1919)
    Frick.
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indurated clay

  • noun hardened clay
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Iron clay

  • (Min.), a yellowish clay containing a large proportion of an ore of iron.
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lucius clay

  • noun United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
    Lucius Clay; Clay.
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lucius dubignon clay

  • noun United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
    Lucius Clay; Clay.
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pipe clay

Pipe" clay`
Definitions
  1. A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments.
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pipe-clay

  • verb whiten or clean with pipe-clay
    • pipe-clay leather
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Plastic clay

  • (Geol.), one of the beds of the Eocene period; so called because used in making pottery. Lyell.
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Porcelain clay

  • noun a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
    china stone; china clay; kaoline; kaolin; terra alba.
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  • a very pure variety, formed directly from the decomposition of feldspar, and often called kaolin.
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Potter's clay

  • noun clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling
    potter's earth.
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  • a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.
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red clay

  • noun clay whose redness results from iron oxide
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residual clay

  • noun the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved
    residual soil.
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sedimentary clay

  • noun clay soil formed by sedimentary deposits
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Slate clay

  • (Geol.), an indurated clay, forming one of the alternating beds of the coal measures, consisting of an infusible compound of alumina and silica, and often used for making fire bricks. Tomlinson.
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Tobacco-pipe clay

  • (Min.), a species of clay used in making tobacco pipes; called also cimolite.
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Weald clay

  • (Geol.), the uppermost member of the Wealden strata. See Wealden.
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