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Webster 1913 Edition
Brick
Brick
(brĭk)
, Noun.
[OE.
brik
, F. brique
; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice
a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain
, equiv. to AS. hlāfes brice
, fr. the root of E. break
. See Break
.] 1.
A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.
The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks
baked in the furnace than the Babylonians. Layard.
2.
Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material;
as, a load of
. brick
; a thousand of brick
Some of Palladio’s finest examples are of
brick
. Weale.
3.
Any oblong rectangular mass;
as, a
. brick
of maple sugar; a penny brick
(of bread)4.
A good fellow; a merry person;
as, you 're a
. brick
[Slang]
“He 's a dear little brick.” Thackeray.
To have a brick in one's hat
, to be drunk.
[Slang]
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Brick
is used adjectively or in combination; as,
. brick
wall; brick
clay; brick
color; brick
redBrick clay
, clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks.
– Brick dust
, dust of pounded or broken bricks.
– Brick earth
, clay or earth suitable for, or used in making, bricks.
– Brick loaf
, a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in shape.
– Brick nogging
(Arch.)
, rough brickwork used to fill in the spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick filling.
– Brick tea
, tea leaves and young shoots, or refuse tea, steamed or mixed with fat, etc., and pressed into the form of bricks. It is used in Northern and Central Asia.
S. W. Williams.
– Brick trimmer
(Arch.)
, a brick arch under a hearth, usually within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against accidents by fire.
– Brick trowel
. See
– Trowel
. Brick works
, a place where bricks are made.
– Bath brick
. See under
– Bath
, a city. Pressed brick
, bricks which, before burning, have been subjected to pressure, to free them from the imperfections of shape and texture which are common in molded bricks.
Brick
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bricked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bricking
.] 1.
To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks.
2.
To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them.
To brick up
, to fill up, inclose, or line, with brick.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brick
BRICK
,Noun.
A mass of earth, chiefly clay, first moistened and made fine by grinding or treading, then formed into a long square in a mold, dried and baked or burnt in a kiln; used in buildings and walls.
1.
A loaf shaped like a brick.BRICK
,Verb.
T.
1.
To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on plaster,by smearing it with red ocher and making the joints with an edge-tool, filling them with fine plaster.