(a) a light-coloured brick, esp. a hard, durable variety of brick made from gault; frequently attributive; †(b) (apparently) = Bath-brick n. at Bath…
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > types of (28) white brick1468 (a) a light-coloured brick, esp. a hard, durable variety of brick made from gault; frequently attributive; †(b) (apparently) = Bath-brick n. at Bath… red brick1587 A builder's brick of a brownish red colour; such bricks used as a building material. clinker1659 A brick whose surface has become vitrified by exposure to intense heat in the kiln or clamp. clinkerc1660 A very hard kind of brick of a pale colour, made in Holland, and used for paving. stock-brick1683 a hard solid brick, pressed in the mould. Windsor brick1702 attributive in names of various things now or originally obtained, made, cultivated, etc. at or near… a kind of red fire-resisting brick formerly… grey stock1726 a greyish or brownish brick made of ordinary earth, as distinguished from a place brick or a red stock (red stock n. at red, adj. n.compounds… stockc1738 Brickmaking. Short for stock-brick n. at compounds 1f. red stock1748 a kind of red brick; cf. stock, n.1 15b; more fully red-stock brick. firebrick1749 A brick capable of withstanding intense heat without fusion or breakage; such bricks collectively; the material of which such bricks are made. Welsh lump1798 †(a) a large brick capable of withstanding intense heat, used esp. to line furnaces and fireplaces; a large firebrick (obsolete); (b) a heavy… malm1811 A fine-quality brick originally made from malm, marl, or similar chalky clay. cutting-brick1815 = cutter, n.1 7. pecking1819 An insufficiently fired brick. Usually in plural. Now rare. blue brick1823 a hard and strong dark blue brick made from clay with a high iron oxide content; (also, as a mass noun) such bricks used as a building material; also… malm brick1824 = sense 3. Windsor1841 Short for Windsor bean n. at sense 1a, Windsor brick n. at sense 1c, Windsor chair n. at sense 1d,Windsor soap n. at sense 1l,Windsor tie n. at… cutter1842 A superior quality of brick, which can be cut and rubbed, called also cutting brick; used for arches of doorways and windows, quoins, etc. grizzle1843 A second-class stock brick. (So called from its colour; cf. grey stock n. at grey, adj. n.compounds 1c(a).) shuff1843 An inferior class of brick. picking1850 Brickmaking. A yellowish, fine-quality brick originally made from malm. Obsolete. Woolpit brick1887 Used attributively in Woolpit brick, a pale-coloured brick made from earth in Woolpit. Hollander1897 A Dutch clinker. Staffordshire1898 elliptical. = Staffordshire ware n. at sense 1e. Also n. plural = Staffordshire bricks. Stafford brick1908 (see quot. 1908). misfire1923 A brick not properly fired. klompie1926 A type of brick. Subcategories:— mass of (1) |
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