First recorded in 1750–60
First recorded in 1825–35
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Another method is, making a paste of a bullock's gall, a gill of soap lees, half a gill of turpentine, and a little pipe clay.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
In Alum Bay the strata consist of sands, yellow, grey, white, and crimson, with clays, and bands of pipe clay.
From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil
Take an ounce of pipe clay that has been ground fine, and mix it with twelve drops of alcohol, and the same quantity of spirits of turpentine.
From The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous
Their khaki suits were spick and span from the laundry, their red shoulder straps blazed, their gilt braid glittered, and their white gloves were as snowy as pipe clay could make them.
From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Fee, Mary Helen
As the water grew shoaler I could see an even pipe clay bottom, on which our boat grounded an hundred yards from the shore.
From Narrative of the shipwreck of the brig Betsey, of Wiscasset, Maine, and murder of five of her crew, by pirates, on the coast of Cuba, Dec. 1824. by Collins, Daniel
Its summit was composed of white pipe-clay, beneath which was found a large quantity of mica in sheets.
From Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World by Anonymous
An application to the bell was the considerate result; and the footsteps of as tight a lad as ever put pipe-clay to belt sounded along the gallery.
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy
Its chief mineral products are coal, nitre, sulphur, alum, soda, saltpetre, gypsum, porcelain-earth, pipe-clay, asphalt, petroleum, marble and ores of gold, silver, mercury, copper, iron, lead, zinc, antimony, cobalt and arsenic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
“And broken my heart over the pipe-clay, eh, father?” laughed the young man.
From The Sapphire Cross by Fenn, George Manville
Yellow and pinkish varieties of china-clay and pipe-clay contain a small quantity of oxide of iron.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
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