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• pipe clay
  pipe clay

  noun

  a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.
• pipe-clay
  pipe-clay

  verb (used with object)

  to whiten with pipe clay.

pipe clay

¹ American  

noun

1. a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.

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pipe-clay ² American  

[pahyp-kley] / ˈpaɪpˌkleɪ /

verb (used with object)

1. to whiten with pipe clay.

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Etymology

Origin of pipe clay¹

First recorded in 1750–60

Origin of pipe-clay²

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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Use equal parts of boiled oil, white lead, pipe clay and black oxide of manganese, and form it into a paste.

From Practical Mechanics for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough

He carried everything that a British army needs—marmalade, polo ponies, Belfast ginger ale, tinned meats, pipe clay, etc.

From In Pastures New by Ade, George

Roulettes or bilbouquettes for buckling a wig were little rollers of pipe clay.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse

Then rub the following mixture over the outside of the gloves: If wanted quite yellow, take yellow ochre; if quite white, pipe clay; if between the two, mix a little of each together.

From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various

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

I’ve no belts to pipe-clay, and you’ve no deck to holy-stone.

From Commodore Junk by Fenn, George Manville

In colored ones, if yellow, use gamboge after the pipe-clay, and for other colors match it in dry paint.

From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Hartley, Florence

Fat′-lute, a mixture of pipe-clay and linseed-oil, for filling joints, &c.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Note.—A few pieces of pipe-clay or pumice may be placed in the beaker to prevent the "spurting" of the chromic acid.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

When dried in the air it acquires the hardness of chalk, adheres to the tongue, and has the appearance of the whiter kinds of English pipe-clay, but is more meagre.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John