clay

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when…

   A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.

   • Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust […]
2. 2

   An earth material with ductile qualities.

3. 3

   A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral…

   A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.

   • The French Open is played on clay.
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   1. 4

      The material of the human body.

      • From clay we are made.
      • Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about...thou hast made me as the clay.
      • But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou art our potter; and we are the work of thy hand.
   2. 5

      A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

   3. 6

      A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.

   4. 7

      A clay pigeon.

      • We went shooting clays at the weekend.
   5. 8

      Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to…

      Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims.

      • Vilnius is rightful Polish clay.
   6. 9

      A moth, Mythimna ferrago

   7. 10

      To add clay to, to spread clay onto.

   8. 11

      To purify using clay.

      • The Portuguese had mastered the technique of claying sugar, and other European nations tried to learn the secrets from them.
   9. 12

      A surname originating as an occupation.

   10. 13

       A male given name transferred from the surname.

       • When he was about five years old some kids asked Clay why his mother had called him that. And he did not know. But began to wonder.
       • The lone "nay" came from the Republican lawmaker from Louisiana, Clay Higgins, who defied his party saying his vote was a principled "NO".
   11. 14

       A diminutive of the male given name Clayton.

   12. 15

       A number of places in the United States

       A number of places in the United States:

   13. 16

       Ellipsis of Clay County.

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