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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; <as>as, a load of <ex>brick</ex>; a thousand of <ex>brick</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Some of Palladio's finest examples are of <b>brick</b>. <i>Weale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any oblong rectangular mass; <as>as, a <ex>brick</ex> of maple sugar; a penny <ex>brick</ex> (of bread).</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A good fellow; a merry person; <as>as, you 're a <ex>brick</def></ex></as>. <mark>[Slang]</mark> "He 's a dear little <i>brick</i>."

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<cs><col>To have a brick in one's hat</col>, <cd>to be drunk. <mark>[Slang]</mark></cd></cs>

<note>&hand; <i>Brick</i> is used adjectively or in combination; as, <i>brick</i> wall; <i>brick</i> clay; <i>brick</i> color; <i>brick</i> red.</note>

<cs><col>Brick clay</col>, <cd>clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks.</cd> -- <col>Brick dust</col>, <cd>dust of pounded or broken bricks.</cd> -- <col>Brick earth</col>, <cd>clay or earth suitable for, or used in making, bricks.</cd> -- <col>Brick loaf</col>, <cd>a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in shape.</cd> -- <col>Brick nogging</col> <fld>(</tt>A<cd>rch</tt>.)</fld>, rough brickwork used to fill in the spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick filling.</cd> -- <col>Brick tea</col>, <cd>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. <i>S. W. Williams</i>.</cd> -- <col>Brick trimmer</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a brick arch under a hearth, usually within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against accidents by fire.</cd> -- <col>Brick trowel</col>. <cd>See <er>Trowel</er>.</cd> -- <col>Brick works</col>, <cd>a place where bricks are made.</cd> -- <col>Bath brick</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bath</er>, a city.</cd> -- <col>Pressed brick</col>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brick</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Brick</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bricked</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bricking</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>To brick up</col>, <cd>to fill up, inclose, or line, with brick.</cd></cs>

<h1>Brickbat</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Brick"bat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A piece or fragment of a brick. See <er>Bat</er>, 4.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Brickkiln</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Brick"kiln`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Bricklayer</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Brick"lay`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Brick</ets> + <ets>lay</ets>.]</ety> <def>One whose pccupation is to build with bricks.</def>

<cs><col>Bricklayer's itch</col>. <cd>See under <er>Itch</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bricklaying</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Brick"lay`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks.</def>

<h1>Brickle</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Bric"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brekil</ets>, <ets>brokel</ets>, <ets>bruchel</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>brecan</ets>, E. <ets>break</ets>. Cf. <er>Brittle</er>.]</ety> <def>Brittle; easily broken.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>As stubborn steel excels the <b>brickle</b> glass. <i>Turbervile.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brickleness</h1> <Xpage=180>

<hw>Bric"kle*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Brittleness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>