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Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently subm…

Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay.

Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.

The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.

The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.

Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy…

Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and…

Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.

The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.

The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, includin…

a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin

To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.

Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil.

Inwardly; within the enveloping surface, or the boundary of a thing; within the body; beneath the surface.

A line or curved surface passing beneath the earth's surface through points having the same mean temperature.

A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain…

That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a…

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel…