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clay 音标拼音: [kl'e] n. 泥土,肉体,粘土 泥土,肉体,粘土 clay n 1: a very fine- grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired 2: water soaked soil; soft wet earth [ synonym: { mud}, { clay}] 3: United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift ( 1897- 1978) [ synonym: { Clay}, { Lucius Clay}, { Lucius DuBignon Clay}] 4: United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states ( 1777- 1852) [ synonym: { Clay}, { Henry Clay}, { the Great Compromiser}] 5: the dead body of a human being; " the cadaver was intended for dissection"; " the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; " the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; " honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay" [ synonym: { cadaver}, { corpse}, { stiff}, { clay}, { remains}] Clay \ Clay\ ( kl[= a]), n. [ AS. cl[= ae] g; akin to LG. klei, D. klei, and perh. to AS. cl[= a] m 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]
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] 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, zephyrClay 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. 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
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
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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