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brick
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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brick often taken as the type of something solid and reliable, as in the informal expression ‘you're a brick!’
come up against a brick wall face an insuperable problem or obstacle while trying to do something.
drop a brick make an indiscreet or embarrassing remark.
See also
bricks, be banging one's
head of Chancery.
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Brick Association of the Carolinas and Southern Brick Institute Merge to Form Leading Brick Trade Organization.
Business Wire; 1/10/2005; 700+ words
; ...will serve as executive director of the new organization. Brick SouthEast is comprised of 17 brick manufacturing company members including Boral Bricks, Inc.; Carolina Ceramics Brick Company; Cherokee Brick & Tile Company; Columbus Brick...
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Brick timeless favorite for homes, commercial buildings
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Business Journal; 3/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...founder. Columbus Brick Company produces about 150 million bricks per year. But that...than one billion bricks per year. Columbus Brick is a private, family...colors and textures of bricks," Warlick said. "There are brick showrooms where customers...
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Bricks as garden paving; you can use bricks in all kinds of situations ... and patterns.
Magazine article from: Sunset; 8/1/1991; 700+ words
; ...medium, and light bricks in the same batch...achieved by "flashing" brick in the kiln. Flashed...instance, not all brick works for a basket...right). For the bricks to nest properly...several kinds of brick in a pattern, make...widths of all the bricks are exactly the same...
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Brick handling system gets face-lift.
Magazine article from: Ceramic Industry; 6/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; Late in 1992, Darlington Brick, Darlington, Pa., asked Basic Machinery...City, N.C., to design and install a brick handling system that would meet the following...Increase production from 25,000 brick/hr to 32,000 brick/hr. * Add the...
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Brick timeless favorite for homes, commercial buildings: industry orgs unite to form Brick Southeast.
Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal; 3/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...founder. Columbus Brick Company produces about 150 million bricks per year. But that...than one billion bricks per year. Columbus Brick is a private, family...colors and textures of bricks," Warlick said. "There are brick showrooms where customers...
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Brick by brick Company's handmade bricks stack up well against the competition
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/11/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...employees make handmade bricks at Old Mississippi Brick Co. Some machinery...want old-looking brick for "the look...texture." If the bricks are used on a new...have a beautiful brick." The "cookie-cutter" bricks created by machine...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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HANDMADE BRICKS LOOKING OLD IS THEIR BEST FEATURE.(AT HOME)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 1/12/2002; 700+ words
; ...employees make handmade bricks at Old Mississippi Brick Co. Some machinery...want old-looking brick for ''the look...texture.'' If the bricks are used on a new...have a beautiful brick. I can enjoy the...cookie-cutter'' bricks created by machine...
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BRICK: IN THE YARD AS WELL AS IN THE HOUSE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/21/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...thing to remember is that common brick (the least expensive of bricks) does not stand up very well...can buy stone dust where you buy bricks. Also important for a brick patio is a border, to keep the bricks from spreading. A border is necessary...
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REFRACTORY BRICK IMPORTS REACH US$ 53.5 MILLION
Magazine article from: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter; 1/25/1993; 700+ words
; ...industry of refractory bricks has been quite...few refractory brick producers have...s refractory brick imports 1987-1992 Type of refractory bricks 1988 1989 1990...suppliers of refractory bricks to Indonesia. Refractory brick imports by country...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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CHOOSE BRICK FOR BEAUTY, DURABILITY IT COSTS MORE, BUT IT'S NEARLY MAINTENANCE FREE.(HOME)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 3/16/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Few deny the classic beauty of a home in brick -- an essentially maintenance-free exterior...while many people would build an all-brick home if they felt they had a choice, very...Materials Corp., said a Midwest poll by the brick industry found that while 73 percent would...
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brick
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...attractive brown-purple brick, or bricks discoloured with stripes...Loudon's hollow wall ; common brick: cheap bricks used where appearance or strength...of common bricks;coping bricks: like a capping-brick , used for copings, with...
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Ibstock Brick Ltd.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...suitable for making brick. Over the next ten...was developed, but bricks were strictly a by...Increasing Popularity of Brick: Early 1900s Brickmaking...twentieth century, as bricks became a popular...capacity to nine million bricks a year. Reflecting...its name to Ibstock Brick & ...
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SIC 3251 Brick and Structural Clay Tile
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...dimensions of U.S. bricks range between 4 and 6...8 to 12 inches wide. Bricks come in roughly 10...each. Typical uses for brick and clay structural tile...Development The first bricks in North America appeared...the 1870s when early brick production machines began...
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Brick
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...when the Dutch made bricks that they seem to have...people began to use brick during the sixteenth...through which stacked bricks were transferred for...Improvements include rendering brick shape absolutely uniform...For example, modern bricks are seldom solid. Some...
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SIC 3271 Concrete Block and Brick
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
SIC 3271 CONCRETE BLOCK AND BRICK This category covers establishments engaged...manufacturing concrete building block and brick from a combination of cement and aggregate...Code(s) 327331 (Concrete Block and Brick Manufacturing) In 2000, the concrete...
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