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clinker
(encz) | clinker,druh tvrdé cihly Zdeněk Brož |
clinker
(encz) | clinker,škvára n: Zdeněk Brož |
clinker
(encz) | clinker,uhlík n: Zdeněk Brož |
Clinker
(gcide) | Clinker \Clink"er\ (kl[i^][ng]k"[~e]r), n. [From clink; cf. D.
clinker a brick which is so hard that it makes a sonorous
sound, from clinken to clink. Cf. Clinkstone.]
1. A mass composed of several bricks run together by the
action of the fire in the kiln.
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2. Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a
grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified
or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag.
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3. A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging.
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4. A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.
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clinker
(wn) | clinker
n 1: a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or
coal or charcoal fire [syn: cinder, clinker]
2: a hard brick used as a paving stone [syn: clinker, {clinker
brick}]
v 1: clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the
fire frequently"
2: turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in
burning |
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clinker block
(encz) | clinker block, n: |
clinker brick
(encz) | clinker brick, n: |
clinker-built
(encz) | clinker-built, adj: |
Clinker
(gcide) | Clinker \Clink"er\ (kl[i^][ng]k"[~e]r), n. [From clink; cf. D.
clinker a brick which is so hard that it makes a sonorous
sound, from clinken to clink. Cf. Clinkstone.]
1. A mass composed of several bricks run together by the
action of the fire in the kiln.
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2. Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a
grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified
or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag.
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3. A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging.
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4. A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.
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Clinker-built
(gcide) | Clinker-built \Clink"er-built\, a. (Naut.)
Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower
edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below
it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.
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Dutch clinker
(gcide) | Hollander \Hol"land*er\, prop. n.
1. A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman.
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2. A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which
will not absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker.
--Wagner.
[1913 Webster]Dutch \Dutch\, a. [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig.,
popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG.
diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS.
pe['o]d, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta
land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have
applied the name especially to the Germanic people living
nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. Derrick, Teutonic.]
Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
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Dutch auction. See under Auction.
Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
milk.
Dutch clinker, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
England from Holland.
Dutch concert, a so-called concert in which all the singers
sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
Dutch courage, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
--Marryat.
Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
while the upper part remains open.
Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, or Dutch gold, a kind of brass
rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in
Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also {Dutch
mineral}, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf.
Dutch liquid (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
C2H4Cl2, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
olefiant gas; -- called also Dutch oil. It is so called
because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant.
Dutch oven, a tin screen for baking before an open fire or
kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron
kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals.
Dutch pink, chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in
distemper, and for paper staining. etc. --Weale.
Dutch rush (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or
Equisetum (Equisetum hyemale) having a rough,
siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; --
called also scouring rush, and shave grass. See
Equisetum.
Dutch tile, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly
much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the
like.
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Note: Dutch was formerly used for German.
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Germany is slandered to have sent none to this
war [the Crusades] at this first voyage; and that
other pilgrims, passing through that country,
were mocked by the Dutch, and called fools for
their pains. --Fuller.
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clinker block
(wn) | clinker block
n 1: a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate;
"cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain" [syn:
cinder block, clinker block, breeze block] |
clinker brick
(wn) | clinker brick
n 1: a hard brick used as a paving stone [syn: clinker,
clinker brick] |
clinker-built
(wn) | clinker-built
adj 1: having overlapping hull planks [syn: clinker-built,
clincher-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, {lap-
streak}, lap-streaked] [ant: carvel-built] |
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