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单词 brick press
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brick pressn.

Brit. /ˈbrɪk ˌprɛs/, U.S. /ˈbrɪk ˌprɛs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: brick n.1, press n.1
Etymology: < brick n.1 + press n.1
A machine or device used in the making or manufacturing of bricks to press and consolidate the clay.
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1825 Recorder & Tel. (Boston) 26 Feb. 36/4 Mr. David Flagg, of Gardiner, Me. has invented a machine, called the Brick Press, by which 8 or 10,000 bricks may be pressed in a day.
1856 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 11 June 515/1 It is the practice..to dress a portion of the bricks by hand with boards called tappers, or by means of a small machine called a brick-press.
1947 Brit. Jrnl. Industr. Med. 4 39 A boy aged fifteen years who was operating a brick press.
2013 Africa News (Nexis) 29 Apr. Its flagship product is a manual brick press that more easily produces 3,000 interlocking bricks per day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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