clayen en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈkleɪ̯.ən/
Etymology
From Middle English cleyen, equivalent to clay + -en. Cognate with Dutch kleien (“made of clay”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of clay; made of clay.
Encircling in turn the best bearing trees, they drank from “clayen-cups,” and poured part of the contents on the ground under the trees. And while they wassailed the trees they sang:— “Here's to thee, old Apple tree! Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear Apples enow! Hats full! caps full, Bushel—Bushel—sacks full, And my pockets full too.”
2016, Alice Morse Earle, Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth, Krill Press via PublishDrive, →ISBN:It is difficult to see why silveren should have been dropped, and brazen and golden retained. Better return to stonen and clayen and yarnen, than lose golden and its fellows.
1870, Richard Grant White, Words and Their Uses, Past and Present: A Study of the English Language, page 261:
Translations (12)
hu agyagos (made of clay) · ru гли́няный (made of clay) · izh saviin (made of clay) · cs hliněný (made of clay) · pt cerâmico (made of clay) · fi savinen (made of clay) · sk hlinený (made of clay) · de Ton- (made of clay) · fi savi- (made of clay) · pt de barro (made of clay) · nl kleien (made of clay) · pl gliniany (made of clay)