clayed, ppl. a.
(kleɪd)
[f. clay v. + -ed.]
1. Treated with clay; spec. of sugar, refined with clay; of land, dressed with clay.
1760 Massie Tax on Malt Table, Sugar that is nearly white..called clayed Sugar, because Clay is used in refining it. 1875 Ure Dict. Arts III. 943 Clayed sugar can be made only from the ripest cane-juice. 1883 Stubbs' Mercantile Circular 8 Nov. 982/2 The worthlessness of Manchester clayed cottons. |
2. Turned to clay, clay-like.
1855 Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 265 His shaky, clayed appearance. |