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2. закладывать кирпичом (напр. проём); заполнять кирпичом (напр. фахверк); облицовывать кирпичом; мостить кирпичом; замуровывать в кирпичной кладке; возводить конструкцию из кирпича; придавать внешний вид кирпичной кладки, делать разрезку (напр. стены) под кирпич
brick on bed — кирпич, уложенный плашмя [на постель]
brick on edge — кирпич, уложенный на ребро
- acid-proof brick
- acid-resistant brick
- adobe brick
- aerated brick
- air-dried brick
- aluminous fire brick
- aluminous brick
- angle brick
- arch brick
- ashlar brick
- axed brick
- backing brick
- back-up brick
- basic brick
- beam brick
- blue brick
- body brick
- bonder brick
- building common brick
- bullnose brick
- burnt brick
- calcium silicate brick
- cant brick
- cavity brick
- cellular brick
- clay brick
- clinker brick
- common brick
- compass brick
- concrete brick
- crushed bricks
- cut brick
- diatomaceous brick
- Dutch brick
- economy brick
- enameled brick
- engineered brick
- engineering brick
- face brick
- featheredge brick
- fire brick
- floor brick
- frog brick
- furring brick
- gauged brick
- glass brick
- glazed brick
- half brick
- header brick
- hollow brick
- internal-quality brick
- key brick
- kieselguhr brick
- kieselgur brick
- kiln brick
- lightweight building brick
- lime-sand brick
- lining brick
- modular brick
- molded brick
- moler brick
- no frogs brick
- paving brick
- perforated brick
- pressed brick
- radial brick
- radius brick
- refractory brick
- rock-faced brick
- rough-axed brick
- rubbing brick
- sand-lime brick
- sewer brick
- solid brick
- splay brick
- three-quarter brick
- unfired brick
- V brick
- ventilation brick
- vertical-fiber brick
- vitrified brick
- voussior brick
- wedge-shaped brick
- wire-cut brick
- wood brick
Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
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3 brick
1) кирпич; клинкер2) брус; брусок; брикет3) класть кирпичи; выкладывать, мостить, облицовывать•to brick in — вмазывать, вмуровывать
to brick up — перекрывать кирпичной кладкой, закладывать кирпичами
to bond brick — класть кирпич "на ребро"
to dead-burn brick — обжигать кирпич "намертво"
- acid brick - acidproof brick - adobe brick - aerated brick - air-dried brick - American brick - angle brick - arch brick - ashlar brick - axed brick - backing brick - back-up brick - basic brick - bauxite brick - beam brick - bloating brick - blue brick - body brick - bonder brick - bottom brick - broken brick - building common brick - bullnose brick - burnt brick - calcium-silicate brick - cant brick - capping brick - cavity brick - cellular brick - cement brick - chemically bonded brick - chimneys brick - chrome brick - circle brick - clay brick - closer brick - cob brick - compass brick - concrete brick - coping brick - cork brick - curved brick - diatomite brick - dome brick - double bullnose brick - double standard brick - dry-pressed brick - Dutch brick - edge brick - engineering brick - English brick - erosion-resistant brick - face brick - facing brick - fashioned brick - fixing brick - frog brick - front brick - green brick - grizzle brick - hollow brick - insulating brick - key brick - light brick - lime-sand brick - lining brick - loam brick - lugless brick - malm brick - medium brick - medium-baked brick - medium-burned brick - metal-cased brick - modular brick - molded brick - oversize brick - pale brick - panel brick - paving brick - perforated brick - porous brick - pressed brick - radial brick - radial chimney brick - refractory brick - reinforced brick - Roman brick - rough brick - rough-axed brick - sand-faced brick - sand-lime brick - scrap brick - second-hand brick - sewer brick - slaking resistant brick - solid brick - spalled brick - spent brick - sun-dried brick - tar-bonded brick - timber brick - used brick - veneered brick - vitrified brick - voussoir brick - wall brick - wood brickto lay brick on end — класть кирпич "на торец"
* * *1. кирпич2. закладывать кирпичом (напр. проём); заполнять кирпичом (напр. фахверк); облицовывать кирпичом; мостить кирпичом; замуровывать в кирпичной кладке; возводить конструкцию из кирпича; придавать внешний вид кирпичной кладки, делать разрезку (напр. стены) под кирпичbrick on bed — кирпич, уложенный плашмя [на постель]
- acid-proof brickbrick on edge — кирпич, уложенный на ребро
- acid-resistant brick
- adobe brick
- aerated brick
- air-dried brick
- aluminous fire brick
- aluminous brick
- angle brick
- arch brick
- ashlar brick
- axed brick
- backing brick
- back-up brick
- basic brick
- beam brick
- blue brick
- body brick
- bonder brick
- building common brick
- bullnose brick
- burnt brick
- calcium silicate brick
- cant brick
- cavity brick
- cellular brick
- clay brick
- clinker brick
- common brick
- compass brick
- concrete brick
- crushed bricks
- cut brick
- diatomaceous brick
- Dutch brick
- economy brick
- enameled brick
- engineered brick
- engineering brick
- face brick
- featheredge brick
- fire brick
- floor brick
- frog brick
- furring brick
- gauged brick
- glass brick
- glazed brick
- half brick
- header brick
- hollow brick
- internal-quality brick
- key brick
- kieselguhr brick
- kieselgur brick
- kiln brick
- lightweight building brick
- lime-sand brick
- lining brick
- modular brick
- molded brick
- moler brick
- no frogs brick
- paving brick
- perforated brick
- pressed brick
- radial brick
- radius brick
- refractory brick
- rock-faced brick
- rough-axed brick
- rubbing brick
- sand-lime brick
- sewer brick
- solid brick
- splay brick
- three-quarter brick
- unfired brick
- V brick
- ventilation brick
- vertical-fiber brick
- vitrified brick
- voussior brick
- wedge-shaped brick
- wire-cut brick
- wood brick -
4 brick
1. закладывать кирпичом; заполнять кирпичом; облицовывать кирпичом; мостить кирпичом; замуровывать в кирпичной кладке; возводить конструкцию из кирпича; придавать внешний вид кирпичной кладки, делать разрезку под кирпичbrick on bed — кирпич, уложенный плашмя
brick on edge — кирпич, уложенный на ребро
2. вентилируемый кирпич3. вентиляционная решётка в стенеaluminous brick — алюминатный кирпич; шамотный кирпич
angle brick — косоугольный кирпич, кирпич со скошенным тычком
clinker brick — клинкерный кирпич, клинкер
common brick — обыкновенный кирпич, рядовой кирпич
compass brick — клиновой кирпич; лекальный кирпич
crushed bricks — кирпичный щебень; кирпичный бой
Dutch brick — клинкерный кирпич, клинкер
4. кирпич, скошенный по ширине; клиновой кирпич5. ребровый клиновой кирпич6. клиновой кирпич для арок7. кирпич, механически обработанный до заданных размеров; лекальный кирпичhalf brick — половняк, полкирпича
hollow brick — пустотный кирпич с площадью пустот не более 40% или не более 25% от площади постели кирпича
internal-quality brick — кирпич для забутки, забутовочный кирпич
lining brick — лицевой кирпич; футеровочный кирпич
8. фасонный декоративный кирпич, профильный лицевой кирпич9. обычный формованный кирпичmoler brick — диатомитовый кирпич; теплоизолирующий кирпич
radial brick — лекальный кирпич; клиновой кирпич
radius brick — лекальный кирпич; клиновой кирпич
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5 arch
1) арка2) аркада3) свод ( в сыпучем материале)4) перекрывать сводом, аркой6) изгибаться•- arch in trellis work - arch without articulation - arch of vault - acute arch - askew arch - axed arch - back arch - barrel arch - basket-handled arch - blank arch - blind arch - bonded arch - boomerang arch - braced arch - brick arch - bridge arch - built-up segmental arch - camber arch - cambered arch - catenary arch - caterpillar logging arch - centre arch - chimney arch - circular arch - composite arch - coved arch - curved arch - cycloidal arch - deck arch - depressed arch - diminished arch - discharging arch - double-hinged arch - drop arch - dumb arch - Dutch arch - elliptic arch - elliptical arch - end arch - equilateral arch - equilateral pointed arch - face arch - false arch - fantail arch - five-centred arch - fixed arch - flxed end arch - flat arch - flattened arch - flexible arch - floor pressure arch - floor arch - flying buttress arch - four-centred arch - French arch - full-centred arch - gauged arch - glued laminated timber arch - Gothic arch - groined arch - high-crowned arch - hinged arch - hingeless arch - horseshoe arch - imperfect arch - interlacing arches - interrupted arch - inverted arch - jack arch - laminated timber arch - lancet arch - low angle arch - masonry arch - Melan arch - Moorish arch - mosque arch - multifoil arch - multiple arch - oblique arch - ogee arch - one-centred arch - oval arch - parabolic arch - plate arch - pointed arch - precast arch - raised arch - rampant arch - rear arch - recessed arch - relieving arch - reversed arch - ridge-type bearing arch - right arch - rigid arch - rising arch - roof arch - rough arch - round arch - rubble arch - safety arch - saracenic arch - scheme arch - segmental arch - semi arch - semi-circular arch - semi-Gothic arch - shell arch - side arch - single-hinged arch - skew arch - slender arch - soil arch - soldier arch - solid arch - spandrel arch - spandrel-braced arch - spandrel-filled arch - steel arch - steep arch - stilted arch - straight arch - straining arch - superimposed arches - suspended arch - three-centred arch - three-hinged arch - tied arch - transverse arch - trimmer arch - triple articulation arch - triumphal arch - trumpet arch - truss arch - trussed arch - Tudor arch - two-hinged arch - two-pinned arch - umbrella arch - Venetian arch - Venetian pointed arch - voussoir arch - wave arch* * *1. арка; арочная перемычка2. перекрывать аркой или сводом, возводить арки или своды; выгибать, изгибать (дугой); придавать форму арки- accommodation archarch hinged at the abutments — двухшарнирная арка, арка с шарнирными опорами
- acute arch
- annular arch
- Arabic arch
- back arch
- bell arch
- blind arch
- braced arch
- braced-rib arch
- bridge arch
- built-in arch
- cantilever arch
- circular arch
- continuous arch
- crescent rib arch
- crescent type arch
- depressed arch
- discharging arch
- drop arch
- Dutch arch
- edge arch
- elastic arch
- elliptical arch
- equilateral pointed arch
- equilateral arch
- fixed arch
- fixed-end arch
- flat arch
- formwork arch
- four-centered arch
- French arch
- gauged arch
- glued laminated timber arch
- glued laminated arch
- glulam arch
- hingeless arch
- horseshoe arch
- inflected arch
- inverted arch
- jack arch
- keel arch
- laminated arch
- lancet arch
- longitudinal arch
- lop-sided arch
- miter arch
- Moorish arch
- mosque arch
- multifoiled arch
- multifoil arch
- obtuse angle arch
- ogee arch
- ogive arch
- one-centered arch
- one-hinged arch
- one-pinned arch
- one-pin arch
- parabolic arch
- parallel curve rib arch
- plate arch
- pointed arch
- precast arch
- raised arch
- rampant arch
- rear arch
- relieving arch
- rib arch
- rigid arch
- rising arch
- Roman arch
- round arch
- round horseshoe arch
- safety arch
- Saracenic arch
- segmental arch
- semicircular arch
- sickle-shaped arch
- side arch
- single-hinged arch
- skew arch
- soldier arch
- spandrel filled bridge arch
- spandrel filled arch
- steel arch
- steep arch
- straight arch
- three-hinged arch
- three-pointed arch
- through arch
- trefoil arch
- transverse arch
- trussed arch
- Tudor arch
- two-centered arch
- two-hinged arch
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6 floor
1. перекрытие2. этажacceptable floor — покрытие пола, удовлетворяющее требованиям технических условий; приемлемое покрытие пола
basement floor — подвальное перекрытие; подвальный этаж
beam-and-slab floor — железобетонное балочное перекрытие, ребристое железобетонное перекрытие
bedroom floor — этаж с гостиничными номерами ; спальный этаж
cellular-steel floor — перекрытие из тонколистового стального настила с каналами замкнутого профиля и верхней монолитной бетонной плиты
cement-wood floor — пол из арболита; покрытие пола из арболита
3. брит. этаж над цокольным этажом, второй этажfloor height — высота этажа; высота перекрытия
4. амер. этаж на уровне нулевой отметки, первый этажground floor — цокольный этаж, первый этаж
heavily loaded floor — перекрытие, несущее тяжёлую нагрузку
heavy duty floor — пол, подвергаемый воздействию тяжёлых эксплуатационных нагрузок
5. балочное перекрытие6. пол, укладываемый по лагам или балкамkitchen floor — этаж, где размещён пищеблок
Omnia floor — сборно-монолитное железобетонное перекрытие «Омниа»
one-way floor — железобетонное плитное перекрытие, армированное в одном направлении
open-web joist floor — перекрытие из лёгких стальных сквозных прогонов и верхней железобетонной плиты
precast beam-and-filler floor — железобетонное перекрытие из сборных балок и сборных элементов заполнения
skip joist system floor — ребристое железобетонное перекрытие со значительными интервалами между рёбрами
floor screed — чистый пол; стяжка (пола)
7. монолитное безбалочное железобетонное перекрытие8. монолитный бетонный пол на грунтовом основанииI felt the floor trembling — я почувствовал, что пол дрожит
9. сборное железобетонное перекрытие из сплошных плит10. пол из сборных сплошных бетонных плитsparkproof floor — пол, не создающий искры
11. деревянное основание пола; чёрный пол12. бетонное основание полаtimber floor — деревянный пол; деревянное перекрытие
13. типовой этаж14. типовое железобетонное перекрытие -
7 wall
1) стена, вал; стенка; перегородка; переборка2) дамба, насыпь ( для защиты от наводнения)3) геол. боковая порода4) горн. забой, лава5) обыкн. мн. ч. укрепления ( в военном деле)6) стенной, настенный7) обносить стеной, валом; разделять стеной; заделывать8) укреплять, строить укрепления•to wall in — огораживать, обносить стеной
to wall off — отгораживать (стеной, забором)
- abutment wall - adiabatic wall - aisle wall - all-rowlock wall - anchor wall - anchored retaining wall - approach wall - apron wall - arch wall - area wall - areaway wall - ashlar wall - back wall - baffle wall - bag wall - barrier wall - battened wall - batter-curved wall - battering wall - bearing wall - below-grade wall - blank wall - bottom wall - boulder wall - boundary wall - boxed buttress wall - breast wall - brick wall - bridge wall - bulkhead wall - buttress wall - buttressed wall - buttress retaining wall - buttress stiffening cross wall - cantilevered wall - cantilever retaining wall - cantilever tee retaining wall - carrying wall - cavity wall - central core wall - ceramic wall - chief wall - city wall - cob wall - column-and-panel wall - common wall - composite core wall - compound wall - concrete block masonry wall - concrete block quay wall - concrete core wall - continuous training wall - coping wall - core wall - core wall of dam - counterfort retaining wall - counterforted retaining wall - counterscarp wall - crib retaining wall - cross wall - crown wall - curtain wall - cut-off wall - dead wall - deflecting wall - diaphragm wall - diathermal wall - dirt wall - divide wall - dividing wall - division wall - double-face wall - downstream curtain wall - drain wall - dry wall - dry rubble wall - dry stone wall - dwarf wall - embankment wall - enceinte wall - enclosure wall - end wall - exposed wall - facade wall - face wall - faced wall - fencing wall - fender wall - filler wall - filtration-proof wall - fire wall - fire-division wall - fireproof wall - flat wall - flood wall - foot wall - foundation wall - frame wall - free-standing sheet pile wall - front wall - furred wall - gable wall - gravity wall - gravity quay wall - gravity retaining wall - guard wall - guide wall - half-brick wall - half-timber wall - head wall - heat insulated wall - hollow wall - hollow concrete quay wall - hollow core wall - honeycombed wall - intake wall - internal wall - jacketed wall - key wall - land lock wall - latticed partition wall - lightweight wall - load-bearing wall - loam wall - main wall - masonry wall - monolith quay wall - moorage wall - mortarless wall - moving wall - mud wall - naked wall - non-bearing wall - non-loadbearing wall - one-and-half brick wall - one-brick wall - outer protective wall - outside wall - oven wall - pack wall - panel wall - parapet wall - partition wall - party wall - perforated wall - periphery wall - piling wall - plinth wall - porous wall - prefabricated wall - prefabricated area wall - puddle wall - quay wall - reed slab wall - relieving wall - retaining wall - retaining wall with surcharge - retention wall - revetment wall - ribbed wall - ring wall - river lock wall - rough wall - rubble wall - rubble retaining wall - rubble toe wall - sandwich wall - scarp wall - sea wall - sealing wall - self-supporting wall - self-sustaining wall - separation wall - serpentine wall - shadow wall - sheet-pile wall - sheet-pile retaining wall - shelter wall - short training wall - side wall - skimmer wall - skimming wall - sleeper wall - slot wall - slurry wall - socle wall - solid quay wall - soundproof wall - spandrel wall - spillway guide wall - spine wall - spiral wall - splay walls - stair wall - stepped side wall - string wall - stringer wall - structural wall - stud wall - suspended wall - tail wall - talus wall - tied retaining wall - tile-hung wall - toe wall - training wall - tube wall - turf wall - two-and-a-half brick wall - two-brick wall - unpierced wall - upstream wall - veneered wall - wake wall - wall-derrick wall - waterproofing wall - wave wall - wharf wall - whole-brick wall - window wall - wing wall - wing wall of lockto wall up —1) производить кладку стены 2) заделывать (дверь, окно), замуровывать
* * *1. стена (здания, сада)2. стенка (траншеи, котлована)3. крепостной вал- above-grade wallto wall up — заделывать [замоноличивать] в стену
- all-brick wall
- all-rowlock wall
- anchor wall
- anchored retaining wall
- anchored sheetpile wall
- anchored sheet wall
- angular retaining wall
- apron wall
- arched retaining wall
- area wall
- avalanche baffle wall
- backup wall
- baffle wall
- basement wall
- basement retaining wall
- bearing wall
- below-grade wall
- bin wall
- bin-type retaining wall
- blank wall
- blind wall
- block wall
- block quay wall
- boulder wall
- boundary wall
- bracket-type retaining wall
- breast wall
- brick wall
- brick-and-a-half wall
- bridge spandrel wall
- bulged retaining wall
- bulkhead wall
- buttressed retaining wall
- canted wall
- cant wall
- cantilevered quay wall
- cantilevered retaining wall
- cast-in-place trench wall
- cavity concrete block wall
- ceramic wall
- climbing wall
- collision wall
- common wall
- compound wall
- concrete wall
- concrete block gravity wall
- concrete block masonry wall
- concrete core wall
- concrete tile masonry wall
- concrete tile wall
- core wall
- counterfort retaining wall
- crib retaining wall
- cross wall
- curtain wall
- curved wall
- cutoff wall
- cutoff sheet pile wall
- dead wall
- diaphragm wall
- diaphragm retaining wall
- dividing wall
- division wall
- drop wall
- dry wall
- dry stone wall
- dwarf wall
- economy wall
- embankment wall
- enclosure wall
- envelope wall
- exterior wall
- external wall
- external panel wall
- face wall
- faced wall
- falling wall
- fence wall
- fender wall
- filler wall
- fire wall
- fire division wall
- fixed retaining wall
- flank wall
- flexible retaining wall
- flexible wall
- foundation wall
- freestone wall
- front wall
- gable wall
- garden wall
- garden wall with coping stones
- glass wall
- glass brick wall
- gravity masonry wall
- gravity quay wall
- ground wall
- guard wall
- guide wall
- half-brick wall
- head wall
- hollow masonry wall
- hollow wall
- honeycomb wall
- hopper wall
- infilled wall
- interior wall
- knee wall
- lateral wall
- lattice retaining wall
- load-bearing wall
- mechanical core wall
- metal curtain wall
- naked wall
- noise abatement wall
- noise control barrier wall
- nonbearing wall
- one-brick wall
- operable wall
- outer wall
- panel wall
- paneled wall
- parapet wall
- party wall
- perforated wall
- periphery wall
- pierced wall
- plastered wall
- precast barrier wall
- precast barrier wall for noise control
- precast basement wall
- quay wall
- retaining wall
- revetment wall
- ribbed wall
- rising wall
- rollock cavity wall
- rubble masonry wall
- rubble wall
- sandwich wall
- screen wall
- sea wall
- sectional retaining wall
- semigravity wall
- shear wall
- shotcreted wall
- side wall
- sleeper wall
- slurry-type wall
- slurry wall
- solid masonry wall
- solid retaining wall
- sound-proof wall
- spine wall
- splitter wall
- steel curtain wall
- stone wall
- storm wall
- structural wall
- stub wall
- stud wall
- surcharged wall
- thrust resistance wall
- tied retaining wall
- timber-paneled wall
- toe wall
- training wall
- veneered wall
- waterproofing below-grade wall
- whole-brick wall
- window wall
- wing wall
См. также в других словарях:
Brick — (br[i^]k), 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick clay — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick dust — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick earth — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick loaf — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick nogging — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick tea — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick trimmer — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick trowel — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick works — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bath brick — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English