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 clin·ker /ˈklɪŋkɚ/
 煉磚,渣塊(vt.)(vi.)(使)煉成渣

 Clink·er n.
 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.
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 clinker
      n 1: a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal
           or charcoal fire [syn: cinder]
      2: a hard brick used as a paving stone [syn: clinker brick]
      v 1: clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the
           fire frequently"
      2: turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in
         burning