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pipeclay


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pipeclay  \Pipe"clay`\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  whiten  or  clean  with  pipe  clay,  as  a  soldier's 
  accouterments. 
 
  2.  To  clear  off  as  to  pipeclay  accounts.  [Slang,  Eng.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pipe-clay 
  v  :  whiten  or  clean  with  pipe-clay,  as  of  leather 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pipeclay 
  n  :  fine  white  clay  used  in  making  tobacco  pipes  and  pottery  and 
  in  whitening  leather  [syn:  {terra  alba}] 




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