CLAYED
Adjective
clayed (comparative more clayed, superlative most clayed)
Containing clay.
Verb
clayed
simple past tense and past participle of clay
Anagrams
• deacyl, lac dye
Source: Wiktionary
CLAY
Clay, n. Etym: [AS. clæg; akin to LG. klei, D. klei, and perh. to AS.
clam clay, L. glus, gluten glue, Gr. glue. Cf. Clog.]
1. A soft earth, which is plastuc, or may be molded with the hands,
consisting of hydrous silicate of alumunium. 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.
2. (Poetry & Script.)
Definition: Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of
the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.
I also am formed out of the clay. Job xxxiii. 6.
The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall
cover. Byron.
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.
Clay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Claying.]
1. To cover or manure with clay.
2. To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition