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ball clay
ball clay


noun 
Definition:
 
clay used in ceramics: a sedimentary clay containing kaolin, mica, other minerals, and organic matter. Use: ceramics.
[< an obsolete mining process in which clay was handled as rounded cubes ("balls")]
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