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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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Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay.
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Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.
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The clay of which such pots or cases are made.
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A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.
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Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it.
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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.
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A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal.
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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.
v. t.
To separate, as things cemented or luted; to take the lute or the clay from.
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A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a seggar.
v. t.
To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.
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To cover or manure with clay.
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A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
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Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.
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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.
v. t.
To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
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