To whiten with pipe-clay.

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To blot out or wipe off; square or settle: Said of accounts.

noun. A white clay suitable for making pipes, and also used for whitening leatherwork, especially by soldiers.

A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments.

transitive verb. To whiten or clean with pipe clay, as a soldier's accouterments.

transitive verb. To clear off.

noun. catlinite

verb. To whiten by application of pipeclay.

verb. To clear off.

verb. whiten or clean with pipe-clay

noun. fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather

"When a group of natives have been robbed of them by thoughtless white men and have found the sacred store-house empty, they have tried to kill the traitor who betrayed the hallowed spot to the strangers, and have remained in camp for a fortnight weeping and wailing for the loss and plastering themselves with pipeclay, which is their token of mourning for the dead. ["