Clinker

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1. Noun

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

2. Noun

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.

3. Noun

A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging.

4. Noun

A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.

5. Noun

a hard brick used as a paving stone
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