Clinker


(n.) A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.


(n.) 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.


(n.) A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging.


(n.) A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.



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