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pipeclay

noun

  1. fine white clay which forms a ductile paste with water
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Wiktionary

name

  1. A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

noun

Etymology: From pipe + clay.

  1. Catlinite

verb

Etymology: From pipe + clay.

  1. To whiten by application of pipeclay.

    I sat up on the coping of the bridge admiring my frail canvas shoes which I had diligently pipeclayed overnight and watching the docile horses pulling a tramload of business people up the hill.

    The walls were lined with paper-bark, pipe-clayed and panelled with polished bloodwood.

  2. To clear off.

    to pipeclay accounts