clay A loose, earthy, extremely fine-grained, natural sediment or soft rock composed primarily of clay-size or colloidal particles and characterized by high plasticity and by a considerable content of clay mineral and subordinate amounts of finely divided quartz, decomposed feldspar, carbonates, ferruginous matter, and other impurities; it forms a plastic, moldable mass when finely ground and mixed with water, retains its shape on drying, and becomes firm, rocklike and permanently hard on heating or firing [kleɪ] n

environ.

Lehm m

clay [kleɪ] v

construct.

verletten (Baugrund)

clay [kleɪ] adj.

gen.

tönern

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clay [kleɪ] abbr.

abbr., cartogr.

cl

Clay. abbr.

abbr.

Clayton's Reports, York Assizes

Clay [kleɪ] abbr.

abbr., oil

Clayton

clay

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