Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
brick .
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Examples
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Les deux tombeaux sont couleur de jaspre sur le vermeil, comme une brique (de jaspe rouge).
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic _bricke_, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French _brique_, originally a "broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic _brikan_, to break), a kind of artificial stone generally made of burnt clay, and largely used as a building material.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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BRIQUETTE (diminutive of Fr. _brique_, brick), a form of fuel, known also as "patent fuel," consisting of small coal compressed into solid blocks by the aid of some binding material.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Elsewhere you'll find a plate of osetra-topped bay scallops, two of which are imprisoned in cages of crispy brique pastry - jagged beggar's purses well worth begging for - with a bit of lemongrass cream beneath.
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Elsewhere you'll find a plate of osetra-topped bay scallops, two of which are imprisoned in cages of crispy brique pastry - jagged beggar's purses well worth begging for - with a bit of lemongrass cream beneath.
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Le porc n'avais pas beaucoup de sauce et était plutôt sec, du moins le restaurant était joli avec des grands murs de brique.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Nikki racerback tank, $165 @bergdorfgoodman.com; tiered brique skirt, $128, and stud bangles, $22, both from J. Crew; bird earrings, $42 @
Minnesota Monthly Web Edition By Elizabeth Dehn 2010
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Elsewhere you'll find a plate of osetra-topped bay scallops, two of which are imprisoned in cages of crispy brique pastry - jagged beggar's purses well worth begging for - with a bit of lemongrass cream beneath.
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Le porc n'avais pas beaucoup de sauce et était plutôt sec, du moins le restaurant était joli avec des grands murs de brique.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Elsewhere you'll find a plate of osetra-topped bay scallops, two of which are imprisoned in cages of crispy brique pastry - jagged beggar's purses well worth begging for - with a bit of lemongrass cream beneath.
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