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Webster 1828 Edition


Clayed

CLAYED

, pp.
1.
Covered or manured with clay.
2.
Purified and whitened with clay; as clayed sugar.

Definition 2024


clayed

clayed

English

Adjective

clayed (comparative more clayed, superlative most clayed)

  1. Containing clay.
    • 1896, O. E. Meinzer, R. F, Hare, Geological Survey (U.S.), Water-Supply Paper 343: Geology and Water Resources of Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, page 201,
      The soil of this belt is somewhat gravelly in the northeastern corner of the township and becomes more clayed toward the southwest.
    • 1981, Botanical Society of South Africa, Veld & Flora, Volumes 70-72, page 52,
      The resultant soils are generally wetter, more clayed and compacted.
    • 1997, Geodinamica Acta, Volumes 10-11, page 184,
      [] the matrix is yellow, more clayed but contains carbonate.

Verb

clayed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of clay