different between clayed vs clayen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kle?d/

Adjective

clayed (comparative more clayed, superlative most clayed)

1. Containing clay.
   • 1896, O. E. Meinzer, R. F, Hare, Geological Survey (U.S.), Water-Supply Paper 343: Geology and Water Resources of Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, page 201,

     The soil of this belt is somewhat gravelly in the northeastern corner of the township and becomes more clayed toward the southwest.

   • 1981, Botanical Society of South Africa, Veld & Flora, Volumes 70-72, page 52,

     The resultant soils are generally wetter, more clayed and compacted.

   • 1997, Geodinamica Acta, Volumes 10-11, page 184,

     […] the matrix is yellow, more clayed but contains carbonate.

Verb

clayed

1. simple past tense and past participle of clay

Anagrams

• deacyl, lac dye

English

Etymology

From Middle English cleyen, equivalent to clay +? -en.

Adjective

clayen (not comparable)

1. Of clay; made of clay.
   • 1870, Richard Grant White, Words and Their Uses, Past and Present: A Study of the English Language, page 261

     It is difficult to see why silveren should have been dropped, and brazen and golden retained. Better return to stonen and clayen and yarnen, than lose golden and its fellows.

   • 2016, Alice Morse Earle, Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth, Krill Press via PublishDrive (?ISBN)

     Encircling in turn the best bearing trees, they drank from “clayen-cups,” and poured part of the contents on the ground under the trees. And while they wassailed the trees they sang:— “Here's to thee, old Apple tree! Whence thou mayst bud, and whence thou mayst blow, And whence thou mayst bear Apples enow! Hats full! caps full, Bushel—Bushel—sacks full, And my pockets full too.”

Translations

Anagrams

• Acelyn