释义 |
claying, vbl. n.|ˈkleɪɪŋ| [f. clay v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb clay, q.v.
1523Fitzherb. Husb. §138 Be well ware, that thou breake not thy graffe, neyther in the clayenge, nor in the byndynge. 1822Burrowes Cycl. X. 287/2 Four hundred of the [sugar] plantations of St. Domingo have the necessary apparatus for claying. 1875Agric. Holdings Act 38 & 39 Vict. c. 92 §5 An improvement comprised in..clay-burning, claying of land, liming of land. Comb. claying-bar, a cylindrical bar of iron for driving clay into a blast-hole so as to prevent the percolation of water; claying-house, the house or place in which sugar is clayed.
1875Ure Dict. Arts III. 943 As this process lasts several weeks, the claying-house requires to have very considerable dimensions. |