Resembling or containing clay.
(Used of soil) compact and fine-grained.
1 In time, the subsoil has become more distinctly clayey than the topsoil.
2 The limy soil holds more water and the clayey an amazing quantity.
3 The dark indicate vegetable decay, while the others point to clayey soil.
4 She was preparing to take another roll into the clayey ditch below.
5 A deep, rich and moist soil is the best-approachinga clayey loam.
6 I sought for footholds in the clayey wall against which I hung.
7 The surface beneath her bare back and legs is firm, clayey , dry.
8 Across the roaring water swallows are nesting in the clayey cliffs:-
9 My new clothes was all greased up and clayey , and I was dog-tired.
10 That is a slow process-especiallyso in clayey or heavy soils.
11 He turned his eyes toward the clayey roof and gave thanks.
12 And this is especially the case if he occupies clayey or loamy land.
13 The country generally is of clayey soil, and suitable for building.
14 Heavy, clayey loam is, in one way, excellent, in another, not so good.
15 On chalky hillsides it does not grow so freely as on clayey plains.
16 The water has a white, clayey hue, and is very swift.
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