CLAY MAKER

  

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CLAY MAKER

Specialty Definition: CLAY MAKER

DomainDefinition

Mining

One who blends and mixes various clays, as shipped from a mine, into a thin, semiliquid form by operating a blunger (mixing machine). Also called blunger machine operator; clay mixer; clay washer; slip maker; slip mixer;wet mixer. (references)

Occupations

Operates blunger (mixing machine) and auxiliary equipment to blend and mix clay into semiliquid for use in casting ceramic ware: Dumps sacks of clay into conveyor to charge blunger. Turns valve to admit water into blunger. Starts blunger that mixes clay into semiliquid. Stops blunger and places hydrometer in semiliquid to determine specific gravity. Adds water or clay to obtain mixture of specific gravity. Regulates valves to discharge mixture over screens, agitators, and magnets to remove iron or steel in mixture. Removes excess water from mixture with vacuum filter. Washes screens and magnets to remove foreign particles and sludge, using hose. May mix clays according to formula [BATCH MIXER (brick & tile)]. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CLAY MAKER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

clay maker target

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: CLAY MAKER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-k-l-m-r-y"

-1 letter: malarkey.

-2 letters: cameral, caramel, ceramal, malarky.

-3 letters: calker, calmer, camera, creaky, creamy, lacker, lackey, mackle, marcel, rackle.

-4 letters: akela, alack, alarm, alary, areal, areca, cakey, camel, carle, clary, clear, clerk, craal, crake, creak, cream, cymae, cymar, early, kalam, karma, kraal, lacer, lacey, laker, lamer, larky, layer, leaky, leary, lycea, macer, macle, makar, maker, malar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CLAY MAKER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4C 41 59      4D 41 4B 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001100 01000001 01011001 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001011 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#76 &#65 &#89 &#32 &#77 &#65 &#75 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004C 0041 0059      004D 0041 004B 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3746355924735453952

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2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
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