An inferior kind of tile.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > other types of tiles (12) semi-tilea1525 An inferior kind of tile. quarrel1601 A square floor tile; (also occasionally as a mass noun): such tiles collectively. Cf. quarry, n.3 2, quarl, n.2 Now English regional (northern). head1703 Building. A roof tile of half the usual length, used at the eaves; = head tile n. (a) at compounds 4. Obsolete. travers tile1703 A ceramic roof tile of irregular shape (typically being a standard tile with some damage), used in a place where a standard tile cannot be fitted. astragal1725 (See quot.) ? Obsolete. fire tile1798 a tile of refractory material able to withstand great heat. sole1843 A flat tile used as a rest or support for a draining-tile or drainpipe. field tile1856 a hollow tile of a type used in the construction of a field drain; (as mass noun) tiles of this kind. fish-scale tile1881 One of the scales of a fish's skin. Chiefly attributive (in quot. 1822 referring to ichthyosis: cf. fish-skin disease n. at fish-skin, n.… quarry tile1908 A square, usually unglazed, floor tile. hollow tile1914 tile-and-a-half tile1940 a tile one and a half times the width of the tiles used with it. |
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