definition of
clay

[1] #1 clay n. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired. wn

[2] #2 clay n. [mud] water soaked soil; soft wet earth. wn

[3] #3 clay n. [Clay, 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). wn

[4] #4 clay n. [Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser] United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852). wn

[5] #5 clay n. [cadaver, corpse, stiff, 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". wn