clay (noun)
1: a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
2: water soaked soil; soft wet earth [syn: mud]
3: United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) [syn: Clay, Lucius Clay, [[Lucius DuBignon Clay]]]
4: United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) [syn: Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser]
5: the dead body of a human being [syn: cadaver, corpse, stiff, remains]