slovodefinícia
brick
(mass)
brick
- tehla
brick
(encz)
brick,cihelný adj: Zdeněk Brož
brick
(encz)
brick,cihla n:
brick
(encz)
brick,cihlový adj: Zdeněk Brož
brick
(encz)
brick,pašák n: Zdeněk Brož
brick
(encz)
brick,postavit z cihel v: tata
brick
(encz)
brick,zděný adj: Zdeněk Brož
brick
(gcide)
paved \paved\ adj.
1. covered with a firm surface; -- of pathways or roadways.
[Narrower terms: {asphalt, macadam, macadamized, tarmac,
tarmacadam}; blacktopped, brick, {cobblestone,
cobblestoned}] [Ant: unpaved]

Syn: hard-surfaced, surfaced, made-up [British], sealed
[Australian].
[WordNet 1.5]
Brick
(gcide)
Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes 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.
[1913 Webster]

The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
[1913 Webster]

2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
[1913 Webster]

Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
[1913 Webster]

3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
[1913 Webster]

4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]

To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]

Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
[1913 Webster]

Brick 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.
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Brick
(gcide)
Brick \Brick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bricked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bricking.]
1. To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or
construct with bricks.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

To brick up, to fill up, inclose, or line, with brick.
[1913 Webster]
brick
(wn)
brick
n 1: rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln;
used as a building or paving material
2: a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
brick
(jargon)
brick
n.

1. A piece of equipment that has been programmed or configured into a {hung
}, wedged,unusable state. Especially used to describe what happens to
devices like routers or PDAs that run from firmware when the firmware image
is damaged or its settings are somehow patched to impossible values. This
term usually implies irreversibility, but equipment can sometimes be
unbricked by performing a hard reset or some other drastic operation.
Sometimes verbed: “Yeah, I bricked the router because I forgot about adding
in the new access-list.”.

2. An outboard power transformer of the kind associated with laptops,
modems, routers and other small computing appliances, especially one of the
modern type with cords on both ends, as opposed to the older and obnoxious
type that plug directly into wall or barrier strip.
podobné slovodefinícia
a brick
(mass)
a brick
- tehla
bricklayer
(mass)
bricklayer
- murár
firebrick
(mass)
firebrick
- tehlový
a few bricks short of a full load
(encz)
a few bricks short of a full load,nerozumný adj: Zdeněk Brož
brick in
(encz)
brick in,zazdít Zdeněk Brož
brick up
(encz)
brick up,vyzdít Zdeněk Brož
brick wall
(encz)
brick wall,cihlová zeď Pavlína Raszyková
brick-and-mortar store
(encz)
brick-and-mortar store,kamenný obchod n: Ivan Masár
brick-and-tile
(encz)
brick-and-tile,keramický adj: Rostislav Svoboda
brickbat
(encz)
brickbat,urážka n: Zdeněk Brož
brickfield
(encz)
brickfield,cihelna n: Zdeněk Brož
bricklayer
(encz)
bricklayer,zedník n: Martin M.
bricklaying
(encz)
bricklaying,zednictví n: Zdeněk Brož
brickmaker
(encz)
brickmaker,cihlář Martin M.
bricks
(encz)
bricks,cihly n: pl. Zdeněk Brož
brickwork
(encz)
brickwork,zdivo n: Zdeněk Brož
brickyard
(encz)
brickyard,cihelna n: Zdeněk Brož
clinker brick
(encz)
clinker brick, n:
come down on like a ton of bricks
(encz)
come down on like a ton of bricks,tvrdě potrestat Zdeněk Brož
firebrick
(encz)
firebrick,ohnivzdorná cihla n: Zdeněk Brožfirebrick,žáruvzdorná cihla n: Zdeněk Brož
goldbrick
(encz)
goldbrick,flákač n: josegoldbrick,zlatá cihla n: Zdeněk Brož
goldbricker
(encz)
goldbricker,flákač Zdeněk Brožgoldbricker,ulejvák n: Zdeněk Brož
goldbricking
(encz)
goldbricking, n:
hit the bricks
(encz)
hit the bricks,
like a ton of bricks
(encz)
like a ton of bricks,
one brick short of a full load
(encz)
one brick short of a full load,
red-brick
(encz)
red-brick,
redbrick
(encz)
redbrick,nově založená univerzita Jaroslav Šedivý
redbrick university
(encz)
redbrick university, n:
row of bricks
(encz)
row of bricks, n:
thick as a brick
(encz)
thick as a brick,
Arch brick
(gcide)
Arch brick \Arch" brick`\
A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.
[1913 Webster]
Bath brick
(gcide)
Bath \Bath\, n.
A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot
springs, which has given its name to various objects.
[1913 Webster]

Bath brick, a preparation of calcareous earth, in the form
of a brick, used for cleaning knives, polished metal, etc.


Bath chair, a kind of chair on wheels, as used by invalids
at Bath. "People walked out, or drove out, or were pushed
out in their Bath chairs." --Dickens.

Bath metal, an alloy consisting of four and a half ounces
of zinc and one pound of copper.

Bath note, a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches.

Bath stone, a species of limestone (o["o]lite) found near
Bath, used for building.
[1913 Webster]Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes 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.
[1913 Webster]

The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
[1913 Webster]

2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
[1913 Webster]

Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
[1913 Webster]

3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
[1913 Webster]

4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]

To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]

Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
[1913 Webster]

Brick 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.
[1913 Webster]
Brick
(gcide)
paved \paved\ adj.
1. covered with a firm surface; -- of pathways or roadways.
[Narrower terms: {asphalt, macadam, macadamized, tarmac,
tarmacadam}; blacktopped, brick, {cobblestone,
cobblestoned}] [Ant: unpaved]

Syn: hard-surfaced, surfaced, made-up [British], sealed
[Australian].
[WordNet 1.5]Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes 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.
[1913 Webster]

The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
[1913 Webster]

2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
[1913 Webster]

Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
[1913 Webster]

3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
[1913 Webster]

4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]

To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]

Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
[1913 Webster]

Brick 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.
[1913 Webster]Brick \Brick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bricked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bricking.]
1. To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or
construct with bricks.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

To brick up, to fill up, inclose, or line, with brick.
[1913 Webster]
Brick clay
(gcide)
Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes 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.
[1913 Webster]

The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
[1913 Webster]

2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
[1913 Webster]

Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
[1913 Webster]

3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
[1913 Webster]

4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]

To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]

Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
[1913 Webster]

Brick 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.
[1913 Webster]Clay \Clay\ (kl[=a]), n. [AS. cl[=ae]g; akin to LG. klei, D.
klei, and perh. to AS. cl[=a]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue,
Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. Clog.]
1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the
hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is
the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part,
of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime,
magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often
present as impurities.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the
elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human
body as formed from such particles.
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I also am formed out of the clay. --Job xxxiii.
6.
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The earth is covered thick with other clay,
Which her own clay shall cover. --Byron.
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Bowlder clay. See under Bowlder.

Brick clay, the common clay, containing some iron, and
therefore turning red when burned.

Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.

Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or
carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.

Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.

Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug
mill.

Clay pit, a pit where clay is dug.

Clay slate (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.

Fatty clays, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical
compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as halloysite,
bole, etc.

Fire clay, a variety of clay, entirely free from lime,
iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for
fire brick.

Porcelain clay, a very pure variety, formed directly from
the decomposition of feldspar, and often called kaolin.


Potter's clay, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.
[1913 Webster]
Brick dust
(gcide)
Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes 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.
[1913 Webster]

The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
[1913 Webster]

2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
[1913 Webster]

Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
[1913 Webster]

3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
[1913 Webster]

4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]

To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]

Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
[1913 Webster]

Brick 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.
[1913 Webster]
Brick earth
(gcide)
Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes 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.
[1913 Webster]

The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
[1913 Webster]

2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
[1913 Webster]

Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
[1913 Webster]

3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
[1913 Webster]

4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]

To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]

Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
[1913 Webster]

Brick 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.
[1913 Webster]
Brick loaf
(gcide)
Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes 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.
[1913 Webster]

The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
[1913 Webster]

2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
[1913 Webster]

Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
[1913 Webster]

3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
[1913 Webster]

4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]

To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]

Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
[1913 Webster]

Brick 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.
[1913 Webster]
Brick nogging
(gcide)
Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes 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.
[1913 Webster]

The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
[1913 Webster]

2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
[1913 Webster]

Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
[1913 Webster]

3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
[1913 Webster]

4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]

To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]

Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
[1913 Webster]

Brick 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.
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Brick tea
(gcide)
Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes 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.
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The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
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2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
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Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
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3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
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4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
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To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
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Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
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Brick 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.
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Brick trimmer
(gcide)
Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes 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.
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The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
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2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
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Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
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3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
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4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
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To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
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Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
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Brick 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.
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Brick trowel
(gcide)
Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes 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.
[1913 Webster]

The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
[1913 Webster]

2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
[1913 Webster]

Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
[1913 Webster]

3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
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4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]

To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]

Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
[1913 Webster]

Brick 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.
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Brick works
(gcide)
Brick \Brick\ (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger.
origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique
piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes 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.
[1913 Webster]

The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of
bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.
--Layard.
[1913 Webster]

2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of
material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
[1913 Webster]

Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.
--Weale.
[1913 Webster]

3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a
penny brick (of bread).
[1913 Webster]

4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
[Slang] "He 's a dear little brick." --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]

To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]

Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
[1913 Webster]

Brick 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.
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Brickbat
(gcide)
Brickbat \Brick"bat`\, n.
A piece or fragment of a brick. See 1st Bat, n. 4. --Bacon.
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Bricked
(gcide)
Brisk \Brisk\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Bricked; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bricking.]
To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or
cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up.
[1913 Webster]Brick \Brick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bricked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bricking.]
1. To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or
construct with bricks.
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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.
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To brick up, to fill up, inclose, or line, with brick.
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Brickellia
(gcide)
Brickellia \Brickellia\ n.
genus of herbs of SW America having usually creamy florets
followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath.

Syn: genus Brickelia.
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brickfield
(gcide)
brickfield \brick"field`\ n.
a place where bricks are made and sold.

Syn: brickyard.
[WordNet 1.5]
Brickfielder
(gcide)
Brickfielder \Brick"field`er\, n. [Australia]
1. Orig., at Sydney, a cold and violent south or southwest
wind, rising suddenly, and regularly preceded by a hot
wind from the north; -- now usually called {southerly
buster}. It blew across the Brickfields, formerly so
called, a district of Sydney, and carried clouds of dust
into the city.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. By confusion, a midsummer hot wind from the north.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Bricking
(gcide)
Brisk \Brisk\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Bricked; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bricking.]
To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or
cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up.
[1913 Webster]Brick \Brick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bricked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bricking.]
1. To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or
construct with bricks.
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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.
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To brick up, to fill up, inclose, or line, with brick.
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Brickkiln
(gcide)
Brickkiln \Brick"kiln`\, n.
A kiln, or furnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt; or a
pile of green bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to
receive the wood or fuel for burning them.
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Bricklayer
(gcide)
Bricklayer \Brick"lay`er\, n. [Brick + lay.]
One whose occupation is to build with bricks.
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Bricklayer's itch. See under Itch.
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