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Definition of Claying
1. clay [v] - See also: clay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Claying
Literary usage of Claying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Voyage to the Eastern Part of Terra Firma: Containing a Description of the by François Joseph Pons, Washington Irving, Samuel Latham Mitchill (1806)
"claying the Sugar. The sugar is left to drain on the canaris, during five or six
days; after which it undergoes the process of claying ..."
2. The Manufacture of Sugar, in the Colonies and at Home, Chemically Considered by John Scoffern (1849)
"upon pots (the same or others, at the operator's pleasure), and preparations for
the claying operation are made. The green cuttings being put into a pan are ..."
3. The chemistry of the farm by Robert Warington (1882)
"claying : Process, Cost.— LIMING : Marling, Chalking. — BURNING : Paring and
Burning, Stifle burning, Clay burning. On Mixing Soils. ..."
4. Georgical Essays by Alexander Hunter (1803)
"shillings. It is now become a common practice to dibble wheat upon a clover lay
after a single ploughing. LI. On claying Land*. ..."
5. The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees, and by Charles McIntosh (1839)
"... closing it effectually about the scion and every part, so as no light, wet,
nor wind may penetrate ; to prevent which is the whole intention of claying. ..."
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