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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PIPECLAY

PIPECLAY Pipe "clay `, v. t.

1. To whiten or clean with pipe clay, as a soldier's accouterments.

2. To clear off; as, to pipeclay accounts. [Slang, Eng. ]

New American Oxford Dictionary

pipeclay

pipe clay |ˈpīpˌklā ˈpaɪpˌkleɪ | ▶noun a fine white clay, used esp. for making tobacco pipes or for whitening leather. ▶verb [ with obj. ] whiten (leather ) with such clay.

Oxford Dictionary

pipeclay

pipe |clay |ˈpʌɪpkleɪ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a fine white clay, used especially for making tobacco pipes or for whitening leather. ▶verb [ with obj. ] whiten (leather ) with pipeclay.