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Meanings of potter's clay in English

Catalan
argila de terrissaire
Spanish
barro

Clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling.

argila de terrissaire
Synonyms
Examples for "potter's earth"
Examples for "potter's earth"
1
She and they were both clay, to be sure, but she was of the finest porcelain clay and they of the coarsest potter's earth.
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
Usage of potter's clay in English
1
As the potter's clay is in his hand, to fashion and order it:
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
2
Like someone had tried to fashion a camel from potter's clay and failed.
Goodbye dolly
3
The golden image has been scratched, and the potter's clay beneath has been revealed.
Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Afric...
4
It was as if potter's clay had conceived marble.
The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields
5
Transformed him into a bit of potter's clay.
Joshua — Volume 2
6
Before washing them, take out grease, with a paste, made of potter's clay, ox-gall, and water.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at H...
7
On what anvils and wheels is the vapor pointed, twisted, hammered, whirled, as the potter's clay?
The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century / Two Lectures deliver...
8
The population is like potter's clay, which can be made to assume any form that science may recommend.
Russia
9
That furnished by art dealers is best, but for common use potter's clay is all that is necessary.
Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit / A Guide for Those Who W...
10
The poor fellow did not realise that Madame had for years moulded him to her hands like potter's clay.
The Lost Naval Papers
11
As well think of keeping a costly wine in potter's clay as love in the heart of a woman!
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
12
I've been nothing more than a bit of potter's clay, and the master potter-Godhelp me!-ismy own father!
The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush
13
Grease can be taken from marble, by ox-gall and potter's clay wet with soapsuds, (a gill of each.)
American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science; / Bei...
14
In his own house, under his own eye, he proposed to mould the future servants of the state like potter's clay.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
15
This Montezuma was formed, like the Adams of so many races, out of potter's clay in the hands of the Great Spirit.
Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
16
He could not help wondering what link there had been between the porcelain vessel and so sooty a lump of potter's clay.
Youth and the Bright Medusa
Translations for potter's clay
Spanish
barro