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argil
[ ahr-jil ]
noun
- clay, especially potter's clay.
argil
/ ˈɑːɪ /
noun
- clay, esp potters' clay
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of argil1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of argil1
Example Sentences
The argil and soda soften the dye stuff of the copperas, but a small quantity must be put in.
The argil lamps, suspended below these images, shed a flickering light.
A table in the centre exhibited curiosities of the rarest description: the shell of a Cauchoise cap, two argil urns, medals, and a phial124 of opaline glass.
So they toiled up the stiff and slippery slope, and found a scatter of crate-huts crowning a bald head of yellow argil.
Further: Webster doubles the l in all the derivatives of metal, medal, coral, axil, argil, and papil; but writes it single in all those of crystal, cavil, pupil, and tranquil—except tranquillity.
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