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argil

[ ahr-jil ]

noun

  1. clay, especially potter's clay.


argil

/ ˈɑ˻åÏôɪ±ô /

noun

  1. clay, esp potters' clay
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of argil1

1350–1400; Middle English argilla < Latin < Greek á°ù²µ¾±±ô±ô´Ç²õ, equivalent to arg ( ó²õ ) white + -il ( l ) os noun suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of argil1

C16: from Latin argilla white clay, from Greek argillos
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The argil and soda soften the dye stuff of the copperas, but a small quantity must be put in.

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The argil lamps, suspended below these images, shed a flickering light.

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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.

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So they toiled up the stiff and slippery slope, and found a scatter of crate-huts crowning a bald head of yellow argil.

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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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