ETYM Old Eng. brik, French brique; of German origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. Eng. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hlâfes brice, from the root of Eng. break. Related to Break.
1. A good fellow; helpful and trustworthy.
2. Rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material.
Common building material, rectangular in shape, made of clay that has been fired in a kiln. Bricks are made by kneading a mixture of crushed clay and other materials into a stiff mud and extruding it into a ribbon. The ribbon is cut into individual bricks, which are fired at a temperature of up to about 1,000şC/1,800şF. Bricks may alternatively be pressed into shape in molds.
Refractory bricks used to line furnaces are made from heat-resistant materials such as silica and dolomite. They must withstand operating temperatures of 1,500şC/2,700şF or more.
Sun-dried bricks of mud reinforced with straw were first used in Mesopotamia some 8,000 years ago. Similar mud bricks, called adobe, are still used today in Mexico and other areas where the climate is warm and dry. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. pece, French pičce, Late Lat. pecia, petia, petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. w. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. and Irish cuid part, share. Related to Petty.
(Homonym: peace).
1. A separate part of a whole.
2. A serving that has been cut from a larger portion; SYN. slice.
3. An instance of some kind; SYN. bit.
4. An item that is an instance of some type; or.
5. An artistic or literary composition.
6. A distance.
7. An object created by a sculptor. + prikaži više

ETYM French rubis (cf. Pr. robi), Late Lat. rubinus, robinus, from Latin rubeus red, reddish, akin to ruber. Related to Rouge, red.
1. A transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers.
2. A transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem.
The red transparent gem variety of the mineral corundum Al2O3, aluminum oxide. Small amounts of chromium oxide, Cr2O3, substituting for aluminum oxide, give ruby its color. Natural rubies are found mainly in Myanmar (Burma), but rubies can also be produced artificially and such synthetic stones are used in lasers. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. ston, stan, as. stân.
1. A piece of rock, usually rounded, of small or medium size.
2. A piece of stone hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose.
3. The single central seed in some fruits such as peaches and cherries enclosed in a hard woody shell; SYN. pit.
4. (British) An avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds. + prikaži više

To make a space by carving with a knife or other tool.