Characterized by the presence of clay; full of or abounding in clay; composed of, or of the nature of clay; argillaceous.

Clinging, stiff, tenacious; esp. of soil; of the nature of heavy clay.

More or less clayey.

Of the nature of cledge; clayey; stiff, tenacious, sticky.

Sticky, adhesive. Cf. clingy, adj.

Abounding in, or of the nature of, till or tenacious clay.

Of the nature of or containing alumina or (in later use) aluminium. Also: clayey.