| 单词 | blue brick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue brick blue brick n. 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 with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > types of white brick1468 red brick1587 clinker1659 clinkerc1660 stock-brick1683 Windsor brick1702 grey stock1726 stockc1738 red stock1748 firebrick1749 Welsh lump1798 malm1811 cutting-brick1815 pecking1819 blue brick1823 malm brick1824 Windsor1841 cutter1842 grizzle1843 shuff1843 picking1850 Woolpit brick1887 Hollander1897 Staffordshire1898 Stafford brick1908 misfire1923 klompie1926 1823 Gentleman's Mag. July 27 Manufactures. Earthenware, hats, glass-toys, japanned goods, enamelled goods.., linen, blue brick and tile works. 1889 E. J. Burrell Elem. Building Constr. xiv. 218 Staffordshire blue bricks. These are composed of clay containing a large percentage of oxide of iron, which is converted into the black oxide by intense heat. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 99/1 Blue bricks,..(made chiefly in Staffordshire and North Wales)..the best quality engineering bricks. 1983 D. E. Owen Manch. Ship Canal vii. 68 Below water level the walls were built of concrete, and they were lined above with brick and blue brick facing. 2005 G. T. Noszlopy & F. Waterhouse Public Sculpt. Staffs. & Black Country 97/2 Horse: Bronze..Lower base: Limestone and blue brick. < as lemmas |
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