Definition of brick

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Brick (v. t.) 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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Clinker :: Clinker (n.) A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.
Stock :: Stock (n.) Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings..
Bricking :: Bricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bric.
Nog :: Nog (v. t.) To fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork..
Burn :: Burn (n.) The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn..
Fabricking :: Fabricking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fabri.
Masonry :: Masonry (n.) That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar..
Brickwork :: Brickwork (n.) Anything made of bricks.
Bosh :: Bosh (n.) One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace..
Brick :: Brick (n.) 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..
Brickmaker :: Brickmaker (n.) One whose occupation is to make bricks.
Pavior :: Pavior (n.) A brick or slab used for paving.
Brick :: Brick (n.) Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread)..
Brick :: Brick (n.) A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick..
Jointer :: Jointer (n.) A tool for pointing the joints in brickwork.
Brickwork :: Brickwork (n.) The act of building with or laying bricks.
Roughing-in :: Roughing-in (n.) The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it..
Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles of dress..
Nogging :: Nogging (v. t.) Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building..
Employ :: Employ (v. t.) To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies..
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