Potter's+clay
41potter's wheel — noun a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter the potter s wheel was invented in Asia Minor around 6500 BC • Hypernyms: ↑wheel * * * noun, pl ⋯ wheels [count] : a machine with a flat disk on which a potter shapes wet… …
42Bowlder clay — Clay Clay (kl[=a]), n. [AS. cl[=ae]g; akin to LG. klei, D. klei, and perh. to AS. cl[=a]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue, Gr. gloio s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. {Clog}.] 1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands,… …
43Brick clay — Clay Clay (kl[=a]), n. [AS. cl[=ae]g; akin to LG. klei, D. klei, and perh. to AS. cl[=a]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue, Gr. gloio s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. {Clog}.] 1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands,… …
44Fire clay — Clay Clay (kl[=a]), n. [AS. cl[=ae]g; akin to LG. klei, D. klei, and perh. to AS. cl[=a]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue, Gr. gloio s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. {Clog}.] 1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands,… …
45Porcelain clay — Clay Clay (kl[=a]), n. [AS. cl[=ae]g; akin to LG. klei, D. klei, and perh. to AS. cl[=a]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue, Gr. gloio s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. {Clog}.] 1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands,… …
46Clay County (Texas) — Verwaltung US Bundesstaat: Texas Verwaltungssitz: Henrietta Adresse des Verwaltungssitzes: Clay County Courthouse P.O. Box 548 Henrietta, TX 76365 0548 Gründung: 1857 …
47Potter County (South Dakota) — Verwaltung US Bundesstaat: South Dakota Verwaltungssitz: Gettysburg Gründung: 1875 Demographie Einwohner: 2321  (2006) …
48clay — [[t]kle͟ɪ[/t]] clays 1) N MASS: oft N n Clay is a kind of earth that is soft when it is wet and hard when it is dry. Clay is shaped and baked to make things such as pots and bricks. ...the heavy clay soils of Cambridgeshire... As the wheel turned …
49Potter — Recorded in various spellings including Podder, Potter, Powter, and Powder, this is an English surname. It is occupational for a maker of drinking and storage vessels, from the Olde English pre 7th century word pott , itself derived from the… …
50potter's wheel — A revolving horizontal disk, sometimes called a head, on which clay is shaped manually into pottery vessels. The simplest form of wheel is the kickwheel. To operate it, the potter kicks or propells some form of disk, crank, or treddle in order …
