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Definition of Fireclay
1. Noun. A heat-resistant clay.
Definition of Fireclay
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of fire clay) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fireclay
1. a heat-resistant clay [n -CLAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fireclay
Literary usage of Fireclay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on Ceramic Industries: A Complete Manual for Pottery, Tile and by Emile Bourry, Wilton P. Rix (1901)
"Argillaceous fireclay Goods: Forms, Dimensions and Properties—Resistance of ...
Classification, — fireclay goods are distinguished from all others by their ..."
2. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1898)
"He refers in particular to fireclay. fireclay in Colorado. ... The fireclay is
generally represented by a dark grey or black fine-grained, shaly clay, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1888)
"The section may be detailed—Joppa limestone in two beds, 4 feet ; shale, 1 foot ;
coal, 3 inches; shale and fireclay, 6 inches; then a thick bed of ..."
4. Prideaux's Precedents in Conveyancing: With Dissertations on Its Law and by Frederick Prideaux, John Whitcombe (1889)
"XXIV. or COAL AND LEASE of MINES of COAL, IRONSTONE, and fireclay in ... ironstone,
and fireclay, as well opened as unopened, lying, or being in or under ..."
5. Liquid Steel: Its Manufacture and Cost by David Carnegie, Sidney C. Gladwyn (1913)
"The following tables give typical percentage analyses of fireclay and silica
bricks :— TABLE XVIII ANALYSES OK fireclay BRICKS I, ..."
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