First recorded in 1750–60
First recorded in 1825–35
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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
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
In 1663 the Company of Tobacco-Pipe Makers petitioned Parliament "to forbid the export of tobacco pipe clay, since by the manufacture of pipes in Holland their trade is much damaged."
From The Social History of Smoking by Apperson, George Latimer
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
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
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
Turning the mouthpiece of his long pipe-clay out from him, he pointed it slowly to one after another, counting them as he so pointed.
From The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm by Trollope, Anthony
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
Wid that I tuk off my gloves—there was pipe-clay in thim so that they stud alone—an' pulled up my chair, lookin' round at the china ornamints an' bits av things in the Shadds' quarters.
From International Short Stories English by Various
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
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