2. To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.

Clay"-brained` (?), a. Stupid. [Obs.] Shak.

Clayes (?), n. pl. [F. claie hurdle.] (Fort.) Wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments. [Obs.]

Clay"ey (?), a. Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.

Clay"ish, a. Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it.

Clay"more` (?), n. [Gael. claidheamhmor a broadsword; Gael. claidheamh sword + mor great, large. Cf. Claymore.] A large two-handed sword used formerly by the Scottish Highlanders.

||Clay*to"ni*a (?), n. [Named after Dr.John Clayton, an American botanist.] (Bot.) An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.

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