stiff clay
1clay — O.E. clæg stiff, sticky earth; clay, from W.Gmc. *klaijaz (Cf. O.H.G. kliwa bran, Ger. Kleie, O.Fris. klai clay, O.S. klei, M.Du. clei, Dan. klæg; O.E. clæman, O.N. kleima, O.H.G. kleiman …
2Clay-with-Flints — In geology, Clay with Flints was the name given by W. Whitaker in 1861 to a peculiar deposit of stiff red, brown or yellow clay containing unworn whole flints as well as angular shattered fragments, also with a variable admixture of rounded flint …
3Clay — This word is used of sediment found in pits or in streets (Isa. 57:20; Jer. 38:60), of dust mixed with spittle (John 9:6), and of potter s clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:14; Jer. 18:1 6; Rom. 9:21). Clay was used for sealing (Job 38:14; Jer. 32:14) …
4Clay — n. 1 a stiff sticky earth, used for making bricks, pottery, ceramics, etc. 2 poet. the substance of the human body. 3 (in full clay pipe) a tobacco pipe made of clay. Phrases and idioms: clay pan Austral. a natural hollow in clay soil, retaining… …
5clay — n. 1 a stiff sticky earth, used for making bricks, pottery, ceramics, etc. 2 poet. the substance of the human body. 3 (in full clay pipe) a tobacco pipe made of clay. Phrases and idioms: clay pan Austral. a natural hollow in clay soil, retaining… …
6stiff — Synonyms and related words: Arab, Bowery bum, Latinate, a bit much, abandoned, abusive, adamant, adamantine, afflictive, alcoholic, all thumbs, aloof, arduous, arid, artificial, ashes, austere, awkward, balker, balky horse, barren, beach bum,… …
7clay — Synonyms and related words: Adam, Hominidae, Homo sapiens, Missouri meerschaum, acres, alluvion, alluvium, anatomy, arable land, ashes, blubber, body, bones, breeze, briar, briar pipe, butter, cadaver, calean, calumet, carcass, carrion, china,… …
8stiff-mud process — noun : a brickmaking process in which a stiff mixture of water and clay is extruded in a continuous column through a die and individual bricks are cut by wires from the column as it emerges compare soft mud process …
9clay — noun 1》 a stiff, sticky fine grained impermeable earth that can be moulded when wet and baked to make bricks and pottery. 2》 literary the substance of the human body: this lifeless clay. Derivatives clayey adjective clayish adjective Origin OE… …
10London Clay — Formation Stratigraphic range: Ypresian London Clay at Reculver Type Formation …
