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pipeclay¹

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From pipe + clay.

noun pipeclays

  1. countable, uncountable Catlinite

    Similar: pipestone

verb pipeclays · pipeclaying · pipeclayed

  1. transitive To whiten by application of pipeclay. I sat up on the coping of the bridge admiring my frail canvas shoes which I had diligently pipeclayed overnight and watching the docile horses pulling a tramload of business people up the hill.
  2. UK, dated, slang, transitive To clear off. to pipeclay accounts

Pipeclay²

proper noun

  1. A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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"pipeclay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pipeclay. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pipeclay. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pipeclay

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@misc{pipeclay_2026,
  title = {pipeclay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pipeclay},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}