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pliant clay

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  • pliant — pliancy, pliantness, n. pliantly, adv. /pluy euhnt/, adj. 1. bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay. 2. easily influenced; yielding to others; compliant: He has a pliant nature. [1300 50; ME < OF, prp. of… …   Universalium

  • plastic — plastic, pliable, pliant, ductile, malleable, adaptable are applied to things and to persons regarded as material susceptible of being modified in form or nature. Something plastic has the quality (as of wax, clay, or plaster) of being soft… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • pliable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. plastic, ductile, malleable; flexible, supple, limber, yielding; docile, tractable, obedient, compliant. See softness, obedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Flexible] Syn. flexible, pliant, plastic …   English dictionary for students

  • basketry — /bas ki tree, bah ski /, n. 1. baskets collectively; basketwork. 2. the art or process of making baskets. [1850 55; BASKET + RY] * * * Art and craft of making containers and other objects from interwoven flexible fibres such as grasses, twigs,… …   Universalium

  • France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

  • Softness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Softness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 softness softness pliableness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 flexibility flexibility Sgm: N 1 pliancy pliancy pliability Sgm: N 1 sequacity sequacity malleability …   English dictionary for students

  • plastic — I. adjective Etymology: Latin plasticus of molding, from Greek plastikos, from plassein to mold, form Date: 1632 1. formative, creative < plastic forces in nature > 2. a. capable of being molded or modeled < plastic clay > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Danville, Kentucky — Danville   City   Downtown Danville Nickname(s): The City of Firsts …   Wikipedia

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

  • printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… …   Universalium

  • Old Dan Tucker — was first published in 1843. Sheet music editions from that year, such as this one from Charles H. Keith of Boston, name no composer. Written by Usually attributed to Daniel Decatur Emmett Published 1843 Language …   Wikipedia

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