Clayed vs Cloyed - What's the difference?
clayed | cloyed |
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 ,
* 1981 , Botanical Society of South Africa, Veld & Flora , Volumes 70-72,
* 1997 , Geodinamica Acta , Volumes 10-11,
(clay)
(cloy)
To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
To fill to loathing; to surfeit.
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As verbs the difference between clayed and cloyed
is that clayed is (clay) while cloyed is (cloy).As an adjective clayed
is containing clay.clayed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)page 201,
- The soil of this belt is somewhat gravelly in the northeastern corner of the township and becomes more clayed toward the southwest.
page 52,
- The resultant soils are generally wetter, more clayed and compacted.
page 184,
- the matrix is yellow, more clayed but contains carbonate.