claying, vbl. n.
(ˈkleɪɪŋ)
[f. clay v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb clay, q.v.
| 1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §138 Be well ware, that thou breake not thy graffe, neyther in the clayenge, nor in the byndynge. 1822 Burrowes Cycl. X. 287/2 Four hundred of the [sugar] plantations of St. Domingo have the necessary apparatus for claying. 1875 Agric. Holdings Act 38 & 39 Vict. c. 92 §5 An improvement comprised in..clay-burning, claying of land, liming of land. |
Comb. claying-bar, a cylindrical bar of iron for driving clay into a blast-hole so as to prevent the percolation of water; claying-house, the house or place in which sugar is clayed.
| 1875 Ure Dict. Arts III. 943 As this process lasts several weeks, the claying-house requires to have very considerable dimensions. |