clayishadj.
/ˈkleɪɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈkleɪɪʃ/ ? Obsolete.
More or less clayey.
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1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miiv/1 Clayish, latulentus.
1593–5 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Middlesex i. 11 The claiesh nature of the soyle.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 169 Where the water is of a clayish colour.
1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxviii. 163 Small Beer..brewed with a thick muddy and clayish water.
1797 J. Downing Treat. Disorders Horned Cattle 45 Mixed with a fat clayish substance.
1883 Comte de Paris Civil War Amer. III. in Athenæum 10 Nov. 596/2 Amid the mire and rime of the clayish slopes of Stafford County.
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