clayeyness
nounEtymology From clayey + -ness.
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The quality of being clayey.
- […] it destroys acidity already in the soil, and prevents the evolution of more from stagnant water; it corrects excessive sandiness by its clay, and excessive clayeyness by its sand […]1851, “Marl”, in The Rural Cyclopedia, Or A General Dictionary of Agriculture, page 359:
- This black soil is of superior richness probably owing to the mixture of particles of red soil, which, without changing the appearance and character of the black soil, lessen its clayeyness and increase its power of taking in water.1884, Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Dhárwár, volume 22, page 254:
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- If it were possible to control these variables, then differences in clayeyness of fluvial sequences of different geological age might be apparent.2008, Gregory J. Retallack, Soils of the Past: An Introduction to Paleopedology, page 278:
- Synonyms
- clayishness