单词 | brick carting |
释义 | > as lemmasbrick carting C2. Objective, as brick carrier, brick carter, brick carting, brick former, brick moulder, brick moulding, etc.Recorded earliest in brickmaker n.See also brick burner n. (first attested a1441), bricklayer n. (c1442), bricklaying n. (1483) brickmaking n. (1612), bricksetter n. (1811), brick-throwing n. (1823), brick dryer n. (1868). ΚΠ c1440 in C. L. Kingsford Rep. MSS Ld. de l'Isle & Dudley (1925) I. 215 (MED) Baldwin, Brekemeker, for making Waltyle. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Brycke former or maker, plasmator. 1739 W. N. Blomberg Acct. Life & Writings E. Dickinson (new ed.) 177 Their most learned Rabbins were more ignorant..than..a common Israelitish Brick-carrier. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 223/2 The remaining portion of his time is occupied either at rubbish-carting or brick-carting. 1872 W. Crookes tr. R. von Wagner Handbk. Chem. Technol. 312 (heading) Brick moulding by machinery. 1886 Locomotive Sept. 130 There was considerable hissing around the back end of the boiler, and the brick cleaner went to the back end. 1908 Truth (Sydney) 11 Oct. 11/5 A nuggety lump of a young fellow, John W. Hoad, a brick carter. 1989 G. Keillor Art of Self-defense in We are still Married (1990) 336 He dispatched them with quick little jujitsu brick-breaker thrusts to the throat. 2005 LivingEtc Aug. 118/1 If you have old brickwork, clean it using brick acid, then use a brick sealer. < as lemmas |
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