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Dinas|ˈdɪnəs|
[f. Dinas Rock, in the Vale of Neath, Wales.]
Used attrib. in Dinas brick, fire-brick made from Dinas clay, a kind of rock consisting almost entirely of silica.
1875Hunt & Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 532 Stone bricks..are manufactured at Neath, in Glamorganshire... They are usually known as the ‘Dinas bricks’. 1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 844/1 Dinas clay, which is really nearly pure silica. 1880Ibid. XIII. 294/2 Dinas brick, which perfectly resists the ordinary steel melting temperatures of coke-fired furnaces. |