Meaning of BRICK
Pronunciation: | | brik
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- [n] rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
- [n] a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
- [adj] paved with brick; "follow the yellow brick road"
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| Synonyms: | | paved |
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| See Also: | | adobe, adobe brick, building material, ceramic, clay, clinker, clinker brick, cope, coping, firebrick, good person, header | |
Products Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | Brick Description not available. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Brick\, 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.
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]
Note: Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick
wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
{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.
\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.
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.
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Dream Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | Dreaming of a brick, represents your individual ideas and thoughts. Experience and/or heartbreak may have hardened you.
Dreaming that you are building a brick wall means a wall that you are putting up to protect yourself against hurt. It may also indicate that you may be hard on the outside but still sensitive on the inside. |
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Thesaurus Terms |
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