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  • 11modeling clay —    A nonhardening substance used for modeling sculptures Roma Plastelinafor sketches, models for casting, and by students. It is plastic (in the sense of being workable). It cannot be used for permanent work (unlike ceramic water based clays, it… …

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  • 12Tobacco-pipe clay — Tobacco To*bac co, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the Spaniards; others… …

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  • 13Medicinal clay — German medicinal clay (Luvos Heilerde) consisting of loess, i.e. a mixture of sand, clay, and silt The use of medicinal clay in folk medicine goes back to prehistoric times. The indigenous peoples around the world still use clay widely, which is… …

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  • 14structural clay products — Introduction       ceramic products intended for use in building construction. Typical structural clay products are building brick, paving brick, terra cotta facing tile, roofing tile, and drainage pipe. These objects are made from commonly… …

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  • 15Henry Clay — For other people named Henry Clay, see Henry Clay (disambiguation). Henry Clay Henry Clay 1818 portrait by Matthew Harris Jouett 8th, 10th and 13th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives …

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  • 16RAF Greenham Common — west of London. During World War II it was used by the United States Army Air Force and the Royal Air Force, and during the Cold War by the United States Air Force for Strategic Air Command bombers and later for BGM 109G cruise missiles. The… …

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  • 17Bill Clay — For the baseball player, see Bill Clay (baseball). Bill Clay Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri s 1st district In office January 3, 1969 – January 3, 2001 Preceded by …

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  • 18Iron clay — Iron I ron ([imac] [u^]rn), a. [AS. [=i]ren, [=i]sen. See {Iron}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust. [1913 Webster] 2. Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness. [1913 Webster] 3. Like iron in …

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  • 19Trial of Clay Shaw — On March 1, 1967, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison arrested and charged New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw with conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy, with the help of Lee Harvey Oswald, David Ferrie, and others. On January 29,… …

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  • 20Brick clay — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with… …

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