单词 | brick burner |
释义 | brick burnern. Now chiefly historical. A person who bakes or fires bricks in a kiln; a brickmaker. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of bricks or tiles > [noun] > brick-maker brickman1418 brickmaker1437 brick burnera1441 bricker1482 brick kilner1482 brickie1847 a1441 in L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. (1992) App. C. 589 Johannem Arnold et Hermannum Reinoud brekebrennerys. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vjv Bewardes, brycke borners, and canelrakers. 1595 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Babilon 16 The brick-burner bakes within his smokie kell Claie into stone. a1649 S. Crook Τα Διαϕεροντα (1658) ii. ii. 588 The Canaanites that forced the Israelites to learne the Art of warre, who being before but brick-burners and potters, had little skill of the sword. 1702 R. Neve Apopiroscopy Prolegomenon sig. A8v Statute Laws yet in force, for the regulating of the Trades, of Brick-Burners, Tanners, and divers other Mechanical Professions. 1890 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis vi. 151 A severe form of anæmia occurs in labourers..especially..brick-burners, miners, and tunnel-borers. 1982 1980 Census of Population: Alphabet. Index Industries & Occupations (U.S. Dept. Commerce) O-24/2 Brick burner. 2004 W. Deverell Whitewashed Adobe iv. 148 By the late 1930s, brick burners made something like $6 a day for a twelve-hour shift. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1441 |
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