Part 1982

<hw>Claw</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.</def> "<i>Clawing</i> [in ash barrels] for bits of coal."

<i>W. D. Howells.</i>

<cs><col>To claw off</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.</cd></cs>

<h1>Clawback</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Claw"back`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A flatterer or sycophant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Take heed of these <i>clawbacks</i>."

<i>Latimer.</i>

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<hw>Claw"back`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Flattering; sycophantic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Like a <b>clawback</b> parasite. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Claw"back`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To flatter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Warner.</i>

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<hw>Clawed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with claws.</def>

<i>N. Grew.</i>

<h1>Clawless</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Claw"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of claws.</def>

<h1>Clay</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clay</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cl\'d6g</ets>; akin to LG. <ets>klei</ets>, D. <ets>klei</ets>, and perh. to AS. <ets>cl\'bem</ets> clay, L. <ets>glus</ets>, <ets>gluten</ets> glue, Gr. <?/ glutinous substance, E. <ets>glue</ets>. Cf. <er>Clog</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A soft earth, which is plastuc, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of alumunium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Poetry & Script.)</fld> <def>Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.</def>

<blockquote>I also am formed out of the <b>clay</b>. <i>Job xxxiii. 6.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The earth is covered thick with other <b>clay</b>, Which her own <b>clay</b> shall cover. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Bowlder clay</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bowlder</er>.</cd> -- <col>Brick clay</col>, <cd>the common clay, containing some iron, and therefore turning red when burned.</cd> -- <col>Clay cold</col>, <cd>cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.</cd> -- <col>Clay ironstone</col>, <cd>an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.</cd> -- <col>Clay marl</col>, <cd>a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.</cd> -- <col>Clay mill</col>, <cd>a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug mill.</cd> -- <col>Clay pit</col>, <cd>a pit where clay is dug.</cd> -- <col>Clay slate</col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>argillaceous schist; argillite.</cd> -- <col>Fatty clays</col>, <cd>clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as <i>halloysite<i>, <i>bole<i>, etc.</cd> -- <col>Fire clay</col> , <cd>a variety of clay, entirely free from lime, iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for fire brick.</cd> -- <col>Porcelain clay</col>, <cd>a very pure variety, formed directly from the decomposition of feldspar, and often called <i>kaolin<i>.</cd> -- <col>Potter's clay</col>, <cd>a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Clay</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clayed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Claying</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover or manure with clay.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.</def>

<h1>Clay-brained</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clay"-brained`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Stupid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>