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red clay

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Noun1.red clay - clay whose redness results from iron oxidered clay - clay whose redness results from iron oxide
mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired


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Several battalions of soldiers, in their shirt sleeves despite the cold wind, swarmed in these earthworks like a host of white ants; spadefuls of red clay were continually being thrown up from behind the bank by unseen hands.
Some even painted their bodies with red clay, and anointed themselves with fish oil, to give additional lustre to their charms.
The colour of the water, as seen at some distance, was like that of a river which has flowed through a red clay district, but under the shade of the vessel's side it was quite as dark as chocolate.
 
 
 
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