| 释义 |
clayed, ppl. a.|kleɪd|
[f. clay v. + -ed.]
1. Treated with clay; spec. of sugar, refined with clay; of land, dressed with clay.
1760Massie Tax on Malt Table, Sugar that is nearly white..called clayed Sugar, because Clay is used in refining it. 1875Ure Dict. Arts III. 943 Clayed sugar can be made only from the ripest cane-juice. 1883Stubbs' Mercantile Circular 8 Nov. 982/2 The worthlessness of Manchester clayed cottons.
2. Turned to clay, clay-like.
1855Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 265 His shaky, clayed appearance. |