clay´like´

clay´like´
clay «klay», noun.
1. a sticky kind of earth that can be easily shaped when wet and hardens when it is dried or baked. Bricks and dishes are made from various kinds of clay. »

Figurative. The pupil is but clay in the hands of his tutor.

2. earth; moist earth; mire; mud.
3. Figurative. a) the human body (in the Bible, Romans 9:21). b) earth as the material from which the human body was originally formed.
[Old English cl]
clay´like´, adjective.

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