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Clay n. [
clay] a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
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Clay n. [
mud, clay] water soaked soil; soft wet earth
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Clay n. [
Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay] United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
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Clay n. [
Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser] United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
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Clay n. [
cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains] the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
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