brasquen.
/brɑːsk//brask/ ‘A lining for crucibles or furnaces; generally, a compound of clay, etc. with charcoal dust.’ Raymond Mining Gloss.
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brasque1873
1873 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1871–3 1 108 A thin coating of clay or brasque (a composition of powdered charcoal and clay in varying proportions).
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 1023 Partially filling it with..charcoal or brasque.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 111 B[r]asque, a lining for crucibles or furnaces; generally a compound of clay, etc., with charcoal-dust.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
brasquev.
/brɑːsk//brask/ transitive. To line with brasque.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > work with coating or covering materials [verb (transitive)] > coat or cover with other materials
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1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 319/2 The bed of this latter [finery] is ‘brasqued’ or lined with charcoal powder moistened and rammed in.
Derivatives
brasqued adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > [adjective] > of furnace: lined with
brasqued1885
1885 Spons' Mechanics' Own Bk. 17 If brass be heated in a brasqued crucible.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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