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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Encyclopedias
Clinker
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(1) (From an old Dutch word klinkaerd, from klinken, to ring), a hard paving brick, a brick with a vitrified surface, or a fused mass of brick; also the incombustible residue of coal, which occurs, half-fused into hard masses, in grates or furnaces; a fused mass of lava. (2) (From clinch, or clench, a common Teutonic word, meaning "to fasten together"), a term appearing usually in the form "clinker-built" as opposed to "Gravel-built," for a boat whose strakes overlap and are not fastened "flush."
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Clinker'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/clinker.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Clinker'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/clinker.html. 1910.
