First recorded in 1750–60
First recorded in 1825–35
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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
I also took the opportunity of collecting a store of pipe clay, as I intended during the winter months, which were close at hand, to try my hand at china making.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
In the Awatobi collections there are several small disks made apparently of pipe clay, which also were probably used as ornaments.
From Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Fewkes, Jesse Walter
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
“It’s the sort of idea I started out with,” Matheson returned, beating his tennis boot softly with his racquet and idly watching the pipe-clay rise in little clouds.
From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills
Crouch-ware, krowch′-wār, n. a finely finished pottery made with an admixture of pipe-clay in Shropshire: the famous salt-glazed stoneware made at Burslem.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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
The material was a mixture of pipe-clay, sand from Alum Bay in the Isle of Wight, and glass, while the glaze was a fusible English flint-glass rich in lead.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
A penny cake of pipe-clay, which must be scraped, is the common proportion to half a lump of whiting.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William
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