[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clay \clay\ kl=a, n. as. cl=aeg; akin to lg. klei, d.
   klei, and perh. to as. cl=am 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.
      1913 webster

   2. poetry  script. earth in general, as representing the
      elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human
      body as formed from such particles.
      1913 webster

            i also am formed out of the clay.     --job xxxiii.
                                                  6.
      1913 webster

            the earth is covered thick with other clay,
            which her own clay shall cover.       --byron.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
clog bowlder clay bowlder brick clay clay cold clay ironstone 
clay marl clay mill clay pit clay slate fatty clays 
halloysite bole fire clay porcelain clay kaolin 
potter's clay 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clay \clay\, v. t. imp.  p. p. clayed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   claying.
   1. to cover or manure with clay.
      1913 webster

   2. to clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.
      1913 webster
see also:
clayed claying 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
     3: united states general who commanded united states forces in
        europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the berlin
        airlift 1897-1978 syn: lucius clay, lucius dubignon
        clay
     4: united states politician responsible for the missouri
        compromise between free and slave states 1777-1852 syn:
         henry clay, the great compromiser
     5: the dead body of a human being syn: cadaver, corpse, stiff,
         remains
see also:
mud lucius clay lucius dubignon clay henry clay the great compromiser cadaver 
corpse stiff remains 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

177 moby thesaurus words for "clay":
   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, china clay, china stone, churchwarden,
   clod, corncob, corncob pipe, corpse, corpus, corpus delicti,
   crowbait, crust, cushion, dead body, dead man, dead person,
   decedent, dirt, dough, down, dry bones, dry land, dust, earth,
   eiderdown, embalmed corpse, enamel, fallen humanity, feather bed,
   feathers, figure, fireclay, fleece, flesh, floss, flue, fluff,
   flux, foam, food for worms, form, frame, freehold,
   generation of man, genus homo, glaze, glebe, grassland, ground,
   gumbo, hominid, homo, hookah, hubble-bubble, hulk, human family,
   human nature, human race, human species, humanity, humankind,
   kaolin, kapok, land, landholdings, late lamented, le genre humain,
   lithosphere, man, mankind, marginal land, marl, material body,
   meerschaum, mire, mold, mortal flesh, mortal remains, mortality,
   mortals, muck, mud, mummification, mummy, nargileh, ooze,
   organic remains, peace pipe, person, petuntse, physical body,
   physique, pillow, pipe, pipe cleaner, pipe rack, plush, porcelain,
   porcelain clay, pudding, puff, putty, race of man, real estate,
   real property, refractory, refractory clay, region, regolith,
   relics, reliquiae, remains, rubber, satin, silk, skeleton, slime,
   slip, slob, slop, slosh, sludge, slush, sod, soil, soma, squash,
   stiff, subaerial deposit, subsoil, swansdown, swill,
   tenement of clay, terra, terra firma, terrain, territory,
   the country, the dead, the deceased, the defunct, the departed,
   the loved one, thistledown, tobacco pipe, tobacco pouch, topsoil,
   torso, trunk, velvet, water pipe, wax, woodland, wool, zephyr

[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

clay
   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. our
   lord's tomb may have been thus sealed matt. 27:66. the
   practice of sealing doors with clay is still common in the east.
   clay was also in primitive times used for mortar gen. 11:3.
   the "clay ground" in which the large vessels of the temple were
   cast 1 kings 7:46; 2 chr. 4:17 was a compact loam fitted for
   the purpose. the expression literally rendered is, "in the
   thickness of the ground,", meaning, "in stiff ground" or in
   clay.
   

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

clay, ky city, fips 15202
  location: 37.47688 n, 87.82042 w
  population 1990: 1173 533 housing units
  area: 2.3 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 42404
clay, ny
  zip codes: 13041
clay, wv town, fips 15676
  location: 38.46275 n, 81.08019 w
  population 1990: 592 305 housing units
  area: 1.5 sq km land, 0.2 sq km water
  zip codes: 25043

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in kentucky
   population 2000:    24556
   housing units 2000: 9439
   land area 2000:     471.009801 sq. miles 1219.909733 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.069320 sq. miles 0.179538 sq. km
   total area 2000:    471.079121 sq. miles 1220.089271 sq. km
   located within:       kentucky ky, fips 21
   location:             37.180607 n, 83.740232 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, ky
    clay county
    clay county, ky

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in iowa
   population 2000:    17372
   housing units 2000: 7828
   land area 2000:     568.887016 sq. miles 1473.410544 sq. km
   water area 2000:    3.627150 sq. miles 9.394276 sq. km
   total area 2000:    572.514166 sq. miles 1482.804820 sq. km
   located within:       iowa ia, fips 19
   location:             43.103200 n, 95.156090 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, ia
    clay county
    clay county, ia

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in illinois
   population 2000:    14560
   housing units 2000: 6394
   land area 2000:     469.248887 sq. miles 1215.348986 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.589007 sq. miles 1.525520 sq. km
   total area 2000:    469.837894 sq. miles 1216.874506 sq. km
   located within:       illinois il, fips 17
   location:             38.737029 n, 88.470910 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, il
    clay county
    clay county, il

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in alabama
   population 2000:    14254
   housing units 2000: 6612
   land area 2000:     605.073966 sq. miles 1567.134311 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.927817 sq. miles 2.403035 sq. km
   total area 2000:    606.001783 sq. miles 1569.537346 sq. km
   located within:       alabama al, fips 01
   location:             33.265810 n, 85.842858 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, al
    clay county
    clay county, al

[11] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in kansas
   population 2000:    8822
   housing units 2000: 4084
   land area 2000:     643.841746 sq. miles 1667.542397 sq. km
   water area 2000:    11.599568 sq. miles 30.042743 sq. km
   total area 2000:    655.441314 sq. miles 1697.585140 sq. km
   located within:       kansas ks, fips 20
   location:             39.357193 n, 97.146911 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, ks
    clay county
    clay county, ks

[12] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in indiana
   population 2000:    26556
   housing units 2000: 11097
   land area 2000:     357.617036 sq. miles 926.223832 sq. km
   water area 2000:    2.775799 sq. miles 7.189285 sq. km
   total area 2000:    360.392835 sq. miles 933.413117 sq. km
   located within:       indiana in, fips 18
   location:             39.439101 n, 87.119952 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, in
    clay county
    clay county, in

[13] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in minnesota
   population 2000:    51229
   housing units 2000: 19746
   land area 2000:     1045.243534 sq. miles 2707.168209 sq. km
   water area 2000:    7.494147 sq. miles 19.409751 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1052.737681 sq. miles 2726.577960 sq. km
   located within:       minnesota mn, fips 27
   location:             46.869254 n, 96.568459 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, mn
    clay county
    clay county, mn

[14] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in mississippi
   population 2000:    21979
   housing units 2000: 8810
   land area 2000:     408.559856 sq. miles 1058.165124 sq. km
   water area 2000:    7.460400 sq. miles 19.322346 sq. km
   total area 2000:    416.020256 sq. miles 1077.487470 sq. km
   located within:       mississippi ms, fips 28
   location:             33.629550 n, 88.722699 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, ms
    clay county
    clay county, ms

[15] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in missouri
   population 2000:    184006
   housing units 2000: 76230
   land area 2000:     396.348219 sq. miles 1026.537131 sq. km
   water area 2000:    12.515353 sq. miles 32.414613 sq. km
   total area 2000:    408.863572 sq. miles 1058.951744 sq. km
   located within:       missouri mo, fips 29
   location:             39.253674 n, 94.474033 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, mo
    clay county
    clay county, mo

[16] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in nebraska
   population 2000:    7039
   housing units 2000: 3066
   land area 2000:     573.032951 sq. miles 1484.148466 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.492458 sq. miles 1.275460 sq. km
   total area 2000:    573.525409 sq. miles 1485.423926 sq. km
   located within:       nebraska ne, fips 31
   location:             40.521099 n, 98.042256 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, ne
    clay county
    clay county, ne

[17] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in north carolina
   population 2000:    8775
   housing units 2000: 5425
   land area 2000:     214.702322 sq. miles 556.076438 sq. km
   water area 2000:    5.894883 sq. miles 15.267676 sq. km
   total area 2000:    220.597205 sq. miles 571.344114 sq. km
   located within:       north carolina nc, fips 37
   location:             35.040811 n, 83.790932 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, nc
    clay county
    clay county, nc

[18] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in tennessee
   population 2000:    7976
   housing units 2000: 3959
   land area 2000:     236.109850 sq. miles 611.521677 sq. km
   water area 2000:    23.143592 sq. miles 59.941625 sq. km
   total area 2000:    259.253442 sq. miles 671.463302 sq. km
   located within:       tennessee tn, fips 47
   location:             36.564515 n, 85.548616 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, tn
    clay county
    clay county, tn

[19] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in texas
   population 2000:    11006
   housing units 2000: 4992
   land area 2000:     1097.817446 sq. miles 2843.334012 sq. km
   water area 2000:    18.357402 sq. miles 47.545451 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1116.174848 sq. miles 2890.879463 sq. km
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             33.774574 n, 98.191211 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, tx
    clay county
    clay county, tx

[20] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in south dakota
   population 2000:    13537
   housing units 2000: 5438
   land area 2000:     411.600555 sq. miles 1066.040497 sq. km
   water area 2000:    5.099059 sq. miles 13.206502 sq. km
   total area 2000:    416.699614 sq. miles 1079.246999 sq. km
   located within:       south dakota sd, fips 46
   location:             42.888221 n, 96.977391 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, sd
    clay county
    clay county, sd

[21] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in west virginia
   population 2000:    10330
   housing units 2000: 4836
   land area 2000:     342.398884 sq. miles 886.809002 sq. km
   water area 2000:    1.421455 sq. miles 3.681552 sq. km
   total area 2000:    343.820339 sq. miles 890.490554 sq. km
   located within:       west virginia wv, fips 54
   location:             38.459274 n, 81.079453 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, wv
    clay county
    clay county, wv

[22] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in florida
   population 2000:    140814
   housing units 2000: 53748
   land area 2000:     601.107492 sq. miles 1556.861192 sq. km
   water area 2000:    42.586405 sq. miles 110.298278 sq. km
   total area 2000:    643.693897 sq. miles 1667.159470 sq. km
   located within:       florida fl, fips 12
   location:             30.000401 n, 81.823736 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, fl
    clay county
    clay county, fl

[23] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in arkansas
   population 2000:    17609
   housing units 2000: 8498
   land area 2000:     639.298028 sq. miles 1655.774222 sq. km
   water area 2000:    2.117764 sq. miles 5.484984 sq. km
   total area 2000:    641.415792 sq. miles 1661.259206 sq. km
   located within:       arkansas ar, fips 05
   location:             36.364388 n, 90.400570 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, ar
    clay county
    clay county, ar

[24] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

clay -- u.s. county in georgia
   population 2000:    3357
   housing units 2000: 1925
   land area 2000:     195.208226 sq. miles 505.586964 sq. km
   water area 2000:    21.786309 sq. miles 56.426278 sq. km
   total area 2000:    216.994535 sq. miles 562.013242 sq. km
   located within:       georgia ga, fips 13
   location:             31.621252 n, 84.992877 w
   headwords:
    clay
    clay, ga
    clay county
    clay county, ga

[25] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

clay, al -- u.s. census designated place in alabama
   population 2000:    4947
   housing units 2000: 1683
   land area 2000:     10.311680 sq. miles 26.707128 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.033070 sq. miles 0.085652 sq. km
   total area 2000:    10.344750 sq. miles 26.792780 sq. km
   fips code:            15256
   located within:       alabama al, fips 01
   location:             33.700037 n, 86.623032 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    clay, al
    clay

[26] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

clay, ky -- u.s. city in kentucky
   population 2000:    1179
   housing units 2000: 541
   land area 2000:     0.906318 sq. miles 2.347352 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.906318 sq. miles 2.347352 sq. km
   fips code:            15202
   located within:       kentucky ky, fips 21
   location:             37.477969 n, 87.820922 w
   zip codes 1990:     42404
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    clay, ky
    clay

[27] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

clay, wv -- u.s. town in west virginia
   population 2000:    593
   housing units 2000: 316
   land area 2000:     0.573064 sq. miles 1.484230 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.060451 sq. miles 0.156568 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.633515 sq. miles 1.640798 sq. km
   fips code:            15676
   located within:       west virginia wv, fips 54
   location:             38.462855 n, 81.080024 w
   zip codes 1990:     25043
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    clay, wv
    clay

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