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clay (encz) | clay,antuka n: [sport.] clay court = antukový dvorec kavol |
clay (encz) | clay,hlína n: Zdeněk Brož |
clay (encz) | clay,hlinka n: Zdeněk Brož |
clay (encz) | clay,jíl n: Zdeněk Brož |
Clay (gcide) | Clay \Clay\ (kl[=a]), n. [AS. cl[=ae]g; akin to LG. klei, D.
klei, and perh. to AS. cl[=a]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue,
Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. Clog.]
1. 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.
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2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the
elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human
body as formed from such particles.
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I also am formed out of the clay. --Job xxxiii.
6.
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The earth is covered thick with other clay,
Which her own clay shall cover. --Byron.
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Bowlder clay. See under Bowlder.
Brick clay, the common clay, containing some iron, and
therefore turning red when burned.
Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.
Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or
carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.
Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.
Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug
mill.
Clay pit, a pit where clay is dug.
Clay slate (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.
Fatty clays, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical
compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as halloysite,
bole, etc.
Fire clay, a variety of clay, entirely free from lime,
iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for
fire brick.
Porcelain clay, a very pure variety, formed directly from
the decomposition of feldspar, and often called kaolin.
Potter's clay, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.
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Clay (gcide) | Clay \Clay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Claying.]
1. To cover or manure with clay.
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2. To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.
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clay (wn) | clay
n 1: a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but
hard when fired
2: water soaked soil; soft wet earth [syn: mud, clay]
3: United States general who commanded United States forces in
Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift
(1897-1978) [syn: Clay, Lucius Clay, {Lucius DuBignon
Clay}]
4: United States politician responsible for the Missouri
Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) [syn:
Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser]
5: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for
dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery
of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff
in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps
their clay" [syn: cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay,
remains] |
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barclay (encz) | Barclay,Barclay n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
ceramic modeling clay (encz) | ceramic modeling clay,modelovací hmota keramická n: modelovací hmota,
která tvrdne po upečení Pino |
china clay (encz) | china clay, n: |
clay pigeon (encz) | clay pigeon, n: |
clay pipe (encz) | clay pipe, n: |
clay sculpture (encz) | clay sculpture, n: |
clay-colored robin (encz) | clay-colored robin, n: |
clayey (encz) | clayey,hlinitý adj: Zdeněk Brožclayey,jílovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
claymore (encz) | claymore,druh miny Zdeněk Brožclaymore,dvousečný meč Zdeněk Brož |
claymore mine (encz) | claymore mine, n: |
clays (encz) | clays,jíluje v: Zdeněk Brožclays,jíly n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
claystone (encz) | claystone,jílovec n: Zdeněk Brož |
clayton (encz) | Clayton,Clayton n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA, mužské křestní
jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
clayware (encz) | clayware,sanitární keramika Zdeněk Brož |
fireclay (encz) | fireclay,šamot n: Zdeněk Brož |
indurated clay (encz) | indurated clay, n: |
oil-based modeling clay (encz) | oil-based modeling clay,modelína n: modelovací hmota na bázi oleje Pinooil-based modeling clay,plastelína n: modelovací hmota na bázi
oleje Pino |
pipe-clay (encz) | pipe-clay, v: |
pipeclay (encz) | pipeclay, n: |
polymer modeling clay (encz) | polymer modeling clay,modurit n: modelovací hmota na bázi polymeru,
která tvrdne po uvaření nebo upečení Pino |
porcelain clay (encz) | porcelain clay, n: |
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