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Definitions for: Clinker [n] a hard brick used as a paving stone
[n] a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
[v] turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning
[v] clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the fire frequently"
Webster (1913) Definition: Clink"er (kl[i^][ng]k"[~e]r), n. [From clink; cf. D.
clinker a brick which is so hard that it makes a sonorous
sound, from clinken to clink. Cf. Clinkstone.]
1. A mass composed of several bricks run together by the
action of the fire in the kiln.
2. Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a
grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified
or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag.
3. A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging.
4. A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.
Synonyms: cinder, clinker brick
See Also: brick, change, clean out, clear out, fragment
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