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Definition of Pipeclay
1. Noun. Fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather.
Definition of Pipeclay
1. v. t. To whiten or clean with pipe clay, as a soldier's accouterments.
Definition of Pipeclay
1. Noun. catlinite ¹
2. Verb. To whiten by application of pipeclay. ¹
3. Verb. (slang dated UK) To clear off. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pipeclay
1. to whiten with kaolin [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipeclay
Literary usage of Pipeclay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Official Post office directory of New South Wales (1867)
"Beatty, Archibald, pipeclay Beatty, William A., pipeclay Benbow, William, pipeclay
Bennett, Joseph, farmer, pipeclay Bent, Samuel, teacher, Church street ..."
2. A Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts: And Collateral Information in the Arts by Arnold James Cooley (1845)
"There are instances of convictions on record, of bakers having used gypsum, chalk,
and pipeclay, in the manufacture of bread." A gentleman, lately writing ..."
3. Progress Report by Geological Survey of Victoria, Family Planning Victoria (1884)
"2 Red, brown, and blue clay, with pipeclay very intermixed . .... Yellow and
white pipeclay Hard yellow sandstone and slate (Silurian bed-rock) ... Total . ..."
4. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1903)
"(1) A deep boring south of Mr. Bond's brickyard is thought by Mr. Leonard Pike
to indicate the presence of pipeclay at a considerable depth within the area ..."
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