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pipe-clay

[ pahyp-kley ]

/ ˈpaɪpˌkleɪ /

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verb (used with object)

to whiten with pipe clay.

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Origin of pipe-clay

First recorded in 1825–35

pipe clay

noun

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

Origin of pipe clay

First recorded in 1750–60

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for pipe-clay

Eight pounds of pipe-clay, four pounds of gum; then dissolve in the mixture7.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
The four Dillons, of Ballyhaunis, gave out to their grooms a large assortment of pipe-clay and putty-powder.
The Kellys and the O'Kellys|Anthony Trollope
The pipe-clay and whiting is generally; applied once a week, but that might be done only as occasion requires.
The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual|William Kitchiner
He frowned and waited while the pipe-clay of Mr. Pettigrew's complexion slowly took the tint of old red sandstone.
John March, Southerner|George W. Cable

Grim semi-articulate Prussian men; gone all to pipe-clay and mustache for us.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Volume IV. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle