单词 | bricken |
释义 | brickenadj. Now chiefly poetic. Made of brick. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with brick > [adjective] > built of brick brick-built1596 bricky1596 brickish1648 bricked1664 bricken1851 bricks and mortar1862 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [adjective] > made or constructed of brick brick-built1596 bricky1596 brickish1648 bricked1664 bricken1851 bricks and mortar1862 1851 Illustr. London News 19 Apr. 311/3 A paltry group of common-place bricken cottages. 1856 H. Mayhew Great World London Introd. 9 That vast bricken mass of churches and hospitals, banks and prisons,..and courts and alleys, which make up London. 1998 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 July 24 The bumble-bee hum of machinery causes the flowers of output to bloom. In this garden of effort, their petals are smoke and their bricken stalks stand tall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † brickenv. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To raise one's head up and draw one's chin in proudly; = bridle v. 4b.Only attested in dictionaries and glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > position specific body part [verb (intransitive)] > head bricken1673 bend1872 1673 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 60 Bricken, to bridle up the head. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Bricken, to hold in one's Chin proudly, to bridle it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < |
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