DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan

 Tile, n.
 1. A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.
 2. Arch. (a) A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring. (b) A plate of metal used for roofing.
 3. Metal. A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.
 4. A draintile.
 5. A stiff hat. [Colloq.]
 Tile drain, a drain made of tiles.
 Tile earth, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Prov. Eng.]
 Tile kiln, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery.
 Tile ore Min., an earthy variety of cuprite.
 Tile red, light red like the color of tiles or bricks.
 Tile tea, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See Brick tea, under Brick.

 Brick n.
 1. A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.
    The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians.   --Layard.
 2. Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
    Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick.   --Weale.
 3. Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread).
 4. A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. [Slang] “He 's a dear little brick.”
 To have a brick in one's hat, to be drunk. [Slang]
 Note: ☞ Brick is used adjectively or in combination; as, brick wall; brick clay; brick color; brick red.
 Brick clay, clay suitable for, or used in making, bricks.
 Brick dust, dust of pounded or broken bricks.
 Brick earth, clay or earth suitable for, or used in making, bricks.
 Brick loaf, a loaf of bread somewhat resembling a brick in shape.
 Brick nogging Arch., rough brickwork used to fill in the spaces between the uprights of a wooden partition; brick filling.
 Brick tea, tea leaves and young shoots, or refuse tea, steamed or mixed with fat, etc., and pressed into the form of bricks. It is used in Northern and Central Asia. --S. W. Williams.
 Brick trimmer Arch., a brick arch under a hearth, usually within the thickness of a wooden floor, to guard against accidents by fire.
 Brick trowel. See Trowel.
 Brick works, a place where bricks are made.
 Bath brick. See under Bath, a city.
 Pressed brick, bricks which, before burning, have been subjected to pressure, to free them from the imperfections of shape and texture which are common in molded bricks.