Plural of fireclay; multiple types or batches of heat-resistant clay used in industrial applications.
Standard plural formation of fireclay, adding '-s' to indicate multiple varieties or quantities of the heat-resistant material.
Different fireclays have different melting points and properties, so industrial workers learned to blend and test various fireclays to optimize performance for specific furnaces—it was an early form of materials science.
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