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Webster 1913 Edition

Pipeclay

Pipe′clayˊ

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To whiten or clean with pipe clay, as a soldier’s accouterments.
2.
To clear off;
as, to
pipeclay
accounts
.
[Slang, Eng.]

Definition 2024

pipeclay

pipeclay

English

Noun

pipeclay ‎(uncountable)

  1. catlinite

Synonyms

Verb

pipeclay ‎(third-person singular simple present pipeclays, present participle pipeclaying, simple past and past participle pipeclayed)

  1. To whiten by application of pipeclay.
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VII, p. 92,
      The walls were lined with paper-bark, pipe-clayed and panelled with polished bloodwood.
  2. (slang, dated, Britain) To clear off.
    to pipeclay accounts

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