Definitions for pipe-clay

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Spelling: [pahyp-kley]
IPA: /ˈpaɪpˌkleɪ/

Pipe-Clay is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in pipe-clay (-aceilppy).

Definitions for pipe-clay

noun

  1. a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.

verb (used with object)

  1. to whiten with pipe clay.

Origin of pipe-clay

First recorded in 1825-35

Examples for pipe-clay

pipe-clay, a white clay nearly free from iron, is found in large quantity in the island of Purbeck.

pipe-clay seemed to force itself every where; about the rafters, on the benches, on the floor, in the walls.

The pipe-clay and whiting is generally; applied once a week, but that might be done only as occasion requires.

Grim semi-articulate Prussian men; gone all to pipe-clay and mustache for us.

I provide my own paint and pipe-clay, make my own jokes, and laugh at them too.

pipe-clay is found chiefly in the isle of Purbeck and Dorsetshire.

Why, the very idea of pipe-clay is gall and wormwood to the taste of the Johnnies.

He had got tired of pork and pipe-clay, accompanied with a too liberal allowance of the hide.

The peculiar colour of their bodies, covered with pipe-clay, gave them an appearance of being dressed.

And be thankful for your Potsdam grenadiers and their pipe-clay!

Word Value for pipe-clay
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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