clayey

clayey
/klay"ee/, adj., clayier, clayiest.
1. covered or smeared with clay.
2. like or resembling clay.
3. full of or abounding in clay.
Also, clayish.
[bef. 1050; ME cleii, OE claeig; see CLAY1, -EY1]

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