Where will you find a woman, Betsey Bobbet, that hain't more or less clay?

It contains more of the material that burns away, but less clay than the subsoil.

This will make the model light and easy to move around, and will require less clay.

It follows that dry-farm soils formed under a more or less rainless climate contain less clay than do humid soils.

The less clay and straw the task-master has given his servant, the smaller the tale of bricks he will be required to furnish.