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clay

1[kley]
–noun
1. a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
2. earth; mud.
3. earth, esp. regarded as the material from which the human body was formed.
4. the human body, esp. as distinguished from the spirit or soul; the flesh.
5. human character as estimated according to fineness of constitution, endowments, etc.: The saints and heroes seem of a different clay from most of us.
–verb (used with object)
6. to treat or mix with clay; cover, daub, or fill with clay.
7. to filter through clay.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE clǣg, c. D, G Klei, akin to glue


claylike, adjective
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clay

  1. n.
    good-quality hashish. (Drugs.) : Ask John where you can dig up some clay.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

clay 
O.E. clæg "stiff, sticky earth; clay," from W.Gmc. *klaijaz, from PIE base *glei "to stick together" (cf. Gk. gloios "sticky matter," L. glus, gluten, O.Slav. glina "clay"). Clay pigeon is from 1888.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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