| 单词 |
samel |
| 释义 |
samel|ˈsæməl|
Also 7 sammell, 7–8 sammel; erron. 8 sandal, -el. See also sammen.
[Of obscure origin; possibly repr. an OE. *samǽled half-burnt, f. sam- + pa. pple of ǽlan to burn.]
Of a brick or tile: Imperfectly burnt.
1663Gerbier Counsel 26 To suffer no Sammell Bricks to be made use of. Ibid. 28 See the Brick-layers take good sollid Bricks to hue, since if any thing Sammel the work will molder away. 1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 48 He had burnt several Kilns of Tiles and..not had above 50 waste, broken, and Sandal Tiles in all. 1716Lond. Gaz. No. 5446/8 All that are samel, or under burnt, to be excluded. 1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Brick, Samel, or sandal bricks, are such as lie outmost in a kiln or clamp, and consequently are soft and useless; as not being thoroughly burnt. 1745De Foe's Eng. Tradesman iii. (1841) I. 23 The brick-maker's men..turned their hands from the grey, hard, well-burnt bricks, to the soft, sammel, half-burnt bricks. 1845Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 443/2 The outside bricks are necessarily under-burned. These are called samel bricks. |
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