brick dustn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbrɪk dʌst/, U.S.

/ˈbrɪk ˌdəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: brick n.¹, dust n.¹

Etymology: < brick n.¹ + dust n.¹ With use as adjective in medicine (see sense B. 2) compare earlier lateritious adj. (especially in lateritious sediment : compare quot. 1700 at that entry).

A. n.

1. Powdered brick; fine particles of brick.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > dust > dust of other specific materials

bark-dustc1440

pin powder1502

pin-dust1552

brick dust1573

gun dust1703

flue-dust1857

wood powder1870

pouce1880

stone-dust1896

paper dust1906

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry f. 20 Saue saw dust, & brick dust, & ashes so fine: for alley to walke in, with neighbour of thine.

1659 J. Leak tr. I. de Caus New Inventions Water-works 24 Powr a little Water upon the said Brick-dust, the which shall slake the Lime.

1774 G. White Jrnl. 22 Sept. (1970) vii. 92 Worms seem to eat..brick-dust lying among earth, as appears by their casts.

1831 N. Hawthorne in Token 127 A mixture of a little brick dust, rosin, and treacle, dignified with the title of the anthelminthic amalgam, he sold for half a dollar.

1862 Enquire Within 279 The cayenne of commerce is adulterated with brick-dust.

1918 R. H. Knyvett ‘Over There’ with Australians xxii. 213 Flourishing towns were powdered into brick-dust.

1933 Pop. Mech. Oct. 585/1 Stir in enough brick dust to make a fairly stiff plastic.

2018 News-Jrnl. (Daytona Beach, Florida) (Nexis) 9 July Marsh constructed the statue from cement, brick dust and bamboo rods. It has not held well.

2. The colour of brick dust, esp. a deep brownish red. Cf. brick adj.¹ 2b, brick-red n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > brownish red

rufe?c1400

red-fallowc1425

colour-de-roy1531

roy1549

red roan1639

rubiginy1657

rust1716

brick-red1759

brick-dust red1776

morone1777

maroon1779

rufous1783

brick1793

tile-red1805

brick dusta1807

worm red1831

cinnamon-red1882

chaudron1883

rosewood1897

tony1921

a1807 J. Opie Lect. on Painting (1809) i. 18 The barren coldness of David, the brick-dust of the learned Poussin.

1893 Girl's Own Paper 25 Feb. 349/3 Her hair was straight, scanty, and straw-coloured; her complexion a sort of dull brickdust on a sallow background.

1918 F. Crane in E. Traphagen Costume & Illustr. iv. 68/2 We don't say red..any more... This is cerise and those are raspberry, brick dust, cardinal, crushed strawberry, carnation, and..this is sunset pink.

2004 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 14 Aug. (Business section) 3 They chose..a muddy green called ‘old salem grey’ for the kitchen, and accents of ‘courtland blue’ and ‘brick dust’.

B. adj. (attributive).

1. Of the colour of brick dust, esp. deep brownish red.

ΚΠ

1691 R. Boyle Experimenta & Observationes Physicæ iii. 56 The little Lumps of the Precipitate will lose all their former Brick-dust Colour, and turn White.

1746 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 609/2 His brickdust stockings, and his brazen face, These are the charms for which you slight my youth.

1843 Knickerbocker Jan. 34 Book-women.., with dingy, dowdy dresses, and brick-dust complexions.

1917 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 791/2 A chap paused beside me just now..—a wan, lit sort of fellow, strapping tall, with brick-dust curls.

1970 W. C. Wilson Lone Woman xi. 353 Anna..had burned two of the most offensive items, a brick-dust dress and a green bonnet.

2005 K. Emanuel Divine Wind xiii. 86 The brick-dust sky that Cline had been taught to believe presaged hurricanes was entirely absent.

2. Medicine. Designating a reddish-brown deposit in urine, typically consisting of salts of uric acid. Also: designating urine containing such a deposit; of, relating to, or made by such urine.

ΚΠ

1724 G. Cheyne Ess. Health v. 121 Some People are frightned when they find their Water turbid, broken, and full of Brick-dust Sediment; whereas that is the best Symptom it can have.

1844 G. Bird Urinary Deposits iii. 70 Whenever febrile excitement prevails, the urine becomes concentrated..and deposits on cooling a reddish-brown sediment, constituting the well-known lateritious, or brick-dust sediment.

1872 Half-yearly Abstr. Med. Sci. 56 7 A tendency to the production of an excess of lithic acid (red and brick-dust urine).

1902 E. P. Davis Mother & Child vii. 158 In some cases the urine of the new-born child is practically colorless, and in many it leaves a brick-dust stain upon the diaper.

2009 D. L. West & L. Marasco Breastfeeding Mother's Guide iii. 33 Reddish ‘brick dust’ urine from uric acid crystals occasionally occurs before the milk comes in well but should be gone by the fourth or fifth day.

Compounds

With colour words, forming nouns and (rarely) adjectives, as brick-dust brown, brick-dust red, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > brownish red

rufe?c1400

red-fallowc1425

colour-de-roy1531

roy1549

red roan1639

rubiginy1657

rust1716

brick-red1759

brick-dust red1776

morone1777

maroon1779

rufous1783

brick1793

tile-red1805

brick dusta1807

worm red1831

cinnamon-red1882

chaudron1883

rosewood1897

tony1921

1776 W. Clayton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 108 A brick-dust red.

1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 1 May in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) IV. 97 The head and neck..are of a light brickdust brown.

1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab xiii. 249 Its leaves and fruit-pods [are] a brick-dust orange.

1902 Sat. Rev. 20 Sept. 359/1 The setting sun flushed the mud walls a brick-dust pink.

1938 Table Talk (Melbourne) 10 Nov. 36/4 His wife..was a dramatic figure in her brick dust red chiffon frock.

2006 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 11 Aug. 12 The 1935 building..has been painted brick dust red.

Derivatives

ˈbrick-dust-ˌlike adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red

rustya1398

hepaticc1420

horseflesh1530

rubiginousa1538

iron1587

bricky1615

ferrugineous1633

sand-reda1639

brickish1648

ferruginous1656

lateritious1656

brick-coloured1675

blood bay1684

testaceous1688

rust-coloureda1691

brick-red1740

brick-dust-like1765

maroon1771

rufous1782

brick-dusty1817

rusted1818

worm red1831

brownish-red1832

brown-red1835

foxy1850

rust1854

henna-coloured1865

chestnut-red1882

terra-cotta1882

copper-red1883

fox-red1910

oxblood1918

tony1921

henna-brown1931

henna-red2002

1765 D. Monro Ess. Dropsy (ed. 3) i. 42 A Paucity of Urine,..which was high-coloured, and deposited a Brick-dust like Sediment.

1890 Electr. Engineer 21 Nov. 446/1 The dry brickdust-like soil on which Paris seems to be built.

1992 P. W. Morgan in R. J. Weber & D. N. Perkins Inventive Minds iii. x. 191 Reports..described the products as..brick-dustlike powders, and black unmeltable masses.

ˈbrick-dusty adj. of the colour of brick dust; (also) covered with or containing brick dust.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red

rustya1398

hepaticc1420

horseflesh1530

rubiginousa1538

iron1587

bricky1615

ferrugineous1633

sand-reda1639

brickish1648

ferruginous1656

lateritious1656

brick-coloured1675

blood bay1684

testaceous1688

rust-coloureda1691

brick-red1740

brick-dust-like1765

maroon1771

rufous1782

brick-dusty1817

rusted1818

worm red1831

brownish-red1832

brown-red1835

foxy1850

rust1854

henna-coloured1865

chestnut-red1882

terra-cotta1882

copper-red1883

fox-red1910

oxblood1918

tony1921

henna-brown1931

henna-red2002

1817 Examiner 4 May 287/2 The flesh of his larger drawings of peasantry is somewhat brick-dusty.

1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 131/1 A light brick-dusty color.

1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 June 385/1 A kind of brick-dusty London squalor.

2009 E. Myers Far from Gringo Land i. 29 He..collapses onto the sofa, and, still wearing his brick-dusty jeans and T-shirt, instantly falls asleep.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brick dust
释义	brick dustn.adj. Brit. /ˈbrɪk dʌst/, U.S. /ˈbrɪk ˌdəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: brick n.¹, dust n.¹ Etymology: < brick n.¹ + dust n.¹ With use as adjective in medicine (see sense B. 2) compare earlier lateritious adj. (especially in lateritious sediment : compare quot. 1700 at that entry). A. n. 1. Powdered brick; fine particles of brick. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > dust > dust of other specific materials bark-dustc1440 pin powder1502 pin-dust1552 brick dust1573 gun dust1703 flue-dust1857 wood powder1870 pouce1880 stone-dust1896 paper dust1906 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry f. 20 Saue saw dust, & brick dust, & ashes so fine: for alley to walke in, with neighbour of thine. 1659 J. Leak tr. I. de Caus New Inventions Water-works 24 Powr a little Water upon the said Brick-dust, the which shall slake the Lime. 1774 G. White Jrnl. 22 Sept. (1970) vii. 92 Worms seem to eat..brick-dust lying among earth, as appears by their casts. 1831 N. Hawthorne in Token 127 A mixture of a little brick dust, rosin, and treacle, dignified with the title of the anthelminthic amalgam, he sold for half a dollar. 1862 Enquire Within 279 The cayenne of commerce is adulterated with brick-dust. 1918 R. H. Knyvett ‘Over There’ with Australians xxii. 213 Flourishing towns were powdered into brick-dust. 1933 Pop. Mech. Oct. 585/1 Stir in enough brick dust to make a fairly stiff plastic. 2018 News-Jrnl. (Daytona Beach, Florida) (Nexis) 9 July Marsh constructed the statue from cement, brick dust and bamboo rods. It has not held well. 2. The colour of brick dust, esp. a deep brownish red. Cf. brick adj.¹ 2b, brick-red n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > brownish red rufe?c1400 red-fallowc1425 colour-de-roy1531 roy1549 red roan1639 rubiginy1657 rust1716 brick-red1759 brick-dust red1776 morone1777 maroon1779 rufous1783 brick1793 tile-red1805 brick dusta1807 worm red1831 cinnamon-red1882 chaudron1883 rosewood1897 tony1921 a1807 J. Opie Lect. on Painting (1809) i. 18 The barren coldness of David, the brick-dust of the learned Poussin. 1893 Girl's Own Paper 25 Feb. 349/3 Her hair was straight, scanty, and straw-coloured; her complexion a sort of dull brickdust on a sallow background. 1918 F. Crane in E. Traphagen Costume & Illustr. iv. 68/2 We don't say red..any more... This is cerise and those are raspberry, brick dust, cardinal, crushed strawberry, carnation, and..this is sunset pink. 2004 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 14 Aug. (Business section) 3 They chose..a muddy green called ‘old salem grey’ for the kitchen, and accents of ‘courtland blue’ and ‘brick dust’. B. adj. (attributive). 1. Of the colour of brick dust, esp. deep brownish red. ΚΠ 1691 R. Boyle Experimenta & Observationes Physicæ iii. 56 The little Lumps of the Precipitate will lose all their former Brick-dust Colour, and turn White. 1746 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 609/2 His brickdust stockings, and his brazen face, These are the charms for which you slight my youth. 1843 Knickerbocker Jan. 34 Book-women.., with dingy, dowdy dresses, and brick-dust complexions. 1917 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 791/2 A chap paused beside me just now..—a wan, lit sort of fellow, strapping tall, with brick-dust curls. 1970 W. C. Wilson Lone Woman xi. 353 Anna..had burned two of the most offensive items, a brick-dust dress and a green bonnet. 2005 K. Emanuel Divine Wind xiii. 86 The brick-dust sky that Cline had been taught to believe presaged hurricanes was entirely absent. 2. Medicine. Designating a reddish-brown deposit in urine, typically consisting of salts of uric acid. Also: designating urine containing such a deposit; of, relating to, or made by such urine. ΚΠ 1724 G. Cheyne Ess. Health v. 121 Some People are frightned when they find their Water turbid, broken, and full of Brick-dust Sediment; whereas that is the best Symptom it can have. 1844 G. Bird Urinary Deposits iii. 70 Whenever febrile excitement prevails, the urine becomes concentrated..and deposits on cooling a reddish-brown sediment, constituting the well-known lateritious, or brick-dust sediment. 1872 Half-yearly Abstr. Med. Sci. 56 7 A tendency to the production of an excess of lithic acid (red and brick-dust urine). 1902 E. P. Davis Mother & Child vii. 158 In some cases the urine of the new-born child is practically colorless, and in many it leaves a brick-dust stain upon the diaper. 2009 D. L. West & L. Marasco Breastfeeding Mother's Guide iii. 33 Reddish ‘brick dust’ urine from uric acid crystals occasionally occurs before the milk comes in well but should be gone by the fourth or fifth day. Compounds With colour words, forming nouns and (rarely) adjectives, as brick-dust brown, brick-dust red, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > brownish red rufe?c1400 red-fallowc1425 colour-de-roy1531 roy1549 red roan1639 rubiginy1657 rust1716 brick-red1759 brick-dust red1776 morone1777 maroon1779 rufous1783 brick1793 tile-red1805 brick dusta1807 worm red1831 cinnamon-red1882 chaudron1883 rosewood1897 tony1921 1776 W. Clayton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 108 A brick-dust red. 1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 1 May in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) IV. 97 The head and neck..are of a light brickdust brown. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab xiii. 249 Its leaves and fruit-pods [are] a brick-dust orange. 1902 Sat. Rev. 20 Sept. 359/1 The setting sun flushed the mud walls a brick-dust pink. 1938 Table Talk (Melbourne) 10 Nov. 36/4 His wife..was a dramatic figure in her brick dust red chiffon frock. 2006 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 11 Aug. 12 The 1935 building..has been painted brick dust red. Derivatives ˈbrick-dust-ˌlike adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red rustya1398 hepaticc1420 horseflesh1530 rubiginousa1538 iron1587 bricky1615 ferrugineous1633 sand-reda1639 brickish1648 ferruginous1656 lateritious1656 brick-coloured1675 blood bay1684 testaceous1688 rust-coloureda1691 brick-red1740 brick-dust-like1765 maroon1771 rufous1782 brick-dusty1817 rusted1818 worm red1831 brownish-red1832 brown-red1835 foxy1850 rust1854 henna-coloured1865 chestnut-red1882 terra-cotta1882 copper-red1883 fox-red1910 oxblood1918 tony1921 henna-brown1931 henna-red2002 1765 D. Monro Ess. Dropsy (ed. 3) i. 42 A Paucity of Urine,..which was high-coloured, and deposited a Brick-dust like Sediment. 1890 Electr. Engineer 21 Nov. 446/1 The dry brickdust-like soil on which Paris seems to be built. 1992 P. W. Morgan in R. J. Weber & D. N. Perkins Inventive Minds iii. x. 191 Reports..described the products as..brick-dustlike powders, and black unmeltable masses. ˈbrick-dusty adj. of the colour of brick dust; (also) covered with or containing brick dust. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red rustya1398 hepaticc1420 horseflesh1530 rubiginousa1538 iron1587 bricky1615 ferrugineous1633 sand-reda1639 brickish1648 ferruginous1656 lateritious1656 brick-coloured1675 blood bay1684 testaceous1688 rust-coloureda1691 brick-red1740 brick-dust-like1765 maroon1771 rufous1782 brick-dusty1817 rusted1818 worm red1831 brownish-red1832 brown-red1835 foxy1850 rust1854 henna-coloured1865 chestnut-red1882 terra-cotta1882 copper-red1883 fox-red1910 oxblood1918 tony1921 henna-brown1931 henna-red2002 1817 Examiner 4 May 287/2 The flesh of his larger drawings of peasantry is somewhat brick-dusty. 1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 131/1 A light brick-dusty color. 1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 June 385/1 A kind of brick-dusty London squalor. 2009 E. Myers Far from Gringo Land i. 29 He..collapses onto the sofa, and, still wearing his brick-dusty jeans and T-shirt, instantly falls asleep. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1573
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