clayey earth

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• clayey — clay ► NOUN 1) a sticky impermeable earth that can be moulded when wet and baked to make bricks and pottery. 2) literary the substance of the human body. DERIVATIVES clayey adjective. ORIGIN Old English, related to CLEAVE(Cf. ↑cleave) and CLIMB …   English terms dictionary

• earth hummock —    A type of hummock consisting predominantly of a core of silty and clayey mineral soil and showing evidence of cryoturbation. Earth hummocks are a type of nonsorted circle.    Compare: turf hummock, hummock [ patterned ground ], nonsorted… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• Tile earth — Tile Tile, n. [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See {Thatch}, and cf. {Tegular}.] 1. A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• brick-earth — brickˈ earth noun A clayey silt or loam used for brickmaking • • • Main Entry: ↑brick …   Useful english dictionary

• Lem|ni|an earth — or Lem|ni|an bole «LEHM nee uhn», a soft, astringent, clayey substance found on the island of Lemnos, in the northern Aegean Sea, and formerly much used for medicinal purposes; terra sigillata; sphragide …   Useful english dictionary

• red earth — /rɛd ˈɜθ/ (say red erth) noun a clayey, tropical soil formed by intensive chemical weathering, and usually highly leached and coloured red by iron compounds …  

• Campsie —    CAMPSIE, a parish, in the county of Stirling, 3½ miles (E.) from Strathblane; containing, with the villages of Birdstone, Haugh head, Lennoxtown, Milton, Torrance, and the Clachan, 6402 inhabitants. This parish, previously to the year 1649,… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Landslide classification — There have been known various classifications of landslides and other types of mass wasting.For example, the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology distinguishes the following types of landslies: *fall (by undercutting) *fall (by… …   Wikipedia

• Gargunnock —    GARGUNNOCK, a parish, in the county of Stirling, 6 miles (W.) from Stirling; containing 803 inhabitants, of whom 319 are in the village. This place, anciently called Gargownno, is supposed to have derived its name from the Celtic words Caer… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Dirt — (d[ e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Dirt bed — Dirt Dirt (d[ e]rt), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[=i]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[=i]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English