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pipeclay en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From pipe + clay.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Catlinite

Forms

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pipeclays Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

pipestone

pipeclay en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From pipe + clay.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To whiten by application of pipeclay.
    • The walls were lined with paper-bark, pipe-clayed and panelled with polished bloodwood. 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VII, in Capricornia, page 92:
    • I sat up on the coping of the bridge admiring my frail canvas shoes which I had diligently pipeclayed overnight and watching the docile horses pulling a tramload of business people up the hill. 1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 24:
  2. (UK, dated, slang, transitive) To clear off.
    • to pipeclay accounts

Forms

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pipeclaying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pipeclays Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pipeclayed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pipeclayed Tense=Past lexicographic