noun
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
noun
water soaked soil
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- soft wet earth
noun
United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
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Lucius Clay
Lucius DuBignon Clay
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United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
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Henry Clay
the Great Compromiser
noun
the dead body of a human being
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- the cadaver was intended for dissection
- the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse
- the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river
- honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay