1. clay - Noun
2. clay - Verb
3. Clay - Proper noun
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.
Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.
To cover or manure with clay.
To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNo man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. Plutarch
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay. Martin Luther
A diary is more or less the work of a man of clay whose hands are clumsy and in whose eyes there is no light. Wallace Stevens
A clay pot of water is never hot-tempered. Nigerian Proverb
Gold without wisdom is but clay. Slovak Proverb
Clay and lime conceal much evil. Spanish Proverb