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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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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

Then take a perfectly clean piece of India rubber and rub off the pipe clay.

From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by Ford, J. Sawtelle

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

To scour your cross belts with fresh pipe clay?

From The Star of Gettysburg A Story of Southern High Tide by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

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

The kaolin may be washed away from its original site, and deposited in hollows or lakes to form beds of white clay, such as pipe-clay; in this case it is always more or less impure.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

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

Equally popular is the adornment of the body by colored marks made with red ocher, pipe-clay, turmeric, charcoal, and such like things as are furnished by nature.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

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

From Commodore Junk by Fenn, George Manville