clayedadj.
/kleɪd/ 1. Treated with clay; spec. of sugar, refined with clay; of land, dressed with clay.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > sugar manufacture > [adjective] > refined > by claying
clayed1760
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [adjective] > treated in specific way
padded1839
mercerized1852
clayed1883
1760 J. Massie Reas. against Tax on Malt Table Sugar that is nearly white..called clayed Sugar, because Clay is used in refining it.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 943 Clayed sugar can be made only from the ripest cane-juice.
1883 Stubbs' Mercantile Circular 8 Nov. 982/2 The worthlessness of Manchester clayed cottons.
2. Turned to clay, clay-like.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > clay > [adjective]
clay-likea1617
clayey1684
clayed1855
1855 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 265 His shaky, clayed appearance.
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