The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clay \Clay\ (kl[=a]), n. [AS. cl[=ae]g; akin to LG. klei, D.
   klei, and perh. to AS. cl[=a]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue,
   Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. Clog.]
   1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the
      hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. 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.
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   2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the
      elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human
      body as formed from such particles.
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            I also am formed out of the clay.     --Job xxxiii.
                                                  6.
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            The earth is covered thick with other clay,
            Which her own clay shall cover.       --Byron.
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   Bowlder clay. See under Bowlder.

   Brick clay, the common clay, containing some iron, and
      therefore turning red when burned.

   Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.

   Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or
      carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.

   Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.

   Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug
      mill.

   Clay pit, a pit where clay is dug.

   Clay slate (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.

   Fatty clays, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical
      compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as halloysite,
      bole, etc.

   Fire clay, a variety of clay, entirely free from lime,
      iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for
      fire brick.

   Porcelain clay, a very pure variety, formed directly from
      the decomposition of feldspar, and often called kaolin.


   Potter's clay, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clay \Clay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Claying.]
   1. To cover or manure with clay.
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   2. To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

clay
    n 1: a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but
         hard when fired
    2: water soaked soil; soft wet earth [syn: mud, clay]
    3: United States general who commanded United States forces in
       Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift
       (1897-1978) [syn: Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon
       Clay]
    4: United States politician responsible for the Missouri
       Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) [syn:
       Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser]
    5: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for
       dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery
       of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff
       in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps
       their clay" [syn: cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay,
       remains]