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pipe-clay

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pipeclay, terra albaverb

    fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather

  2. pipe-clayverb

    whiten or clean with pipe-clay

    "pipe-clay leather"

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  1. pipe-clay

    Pipe-clay is a type of white, fine-grained, highly plastic clay that is primarily used for making smoking pipes and fine earthenware. It can be fired to a very white, hard and refractory body, and hence, also used as a filler in the manufacture of paper, textiles, and paint.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. pipe-clay

    Known to the ancients under the name of paretonium; formerly indispensable to soldiers as well as the jolly marines.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. pipe-clay

    A composition which soldiers use for the purpose of keeping their buff cross-belts, etc., clean.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pipe-clay in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pipe-clay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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