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- noun Plural form of
firebrick .
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Examples
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Open hearth kilns consist of a tank made of firebricks, which is set in a crossdraft kiln.
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Besides possessing refractoriness our refractory products such as firebricks and saggars should be able to withstand many cycles of heating and cooling without cracking or spalling.
1. Refractories 1987
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Set it even on firebricks and turn her red leave it until cool.
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Set it even on firebricks and turn her red leave it until cool.
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It sounds like a fanciful name for a chemical residue or maybe special firebricks.
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Although fairly light on actual recipes, "I'm Just Here for the Food" is heavy on explanations of the differences between convection and conduction heating, diagrams illustrating the relevant laws of physics and instructions on how to build an "earthen oven" inside your kitchen range using firebricks and (against manufacturers 'recommendations) the superhot self-cleaning setting.
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The single cruelest ? christmas present joke I ever played on my kids was wrapping a pair of firebricks, with a note attached that said “Look in the hall closet”.
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The grate had only sides and a front, so had to be pushed back against the firebricks in order to not spill coal out.
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The other thing is -- and this is not well explained by classical economics -- the US is not making enough more SUVs, or firebricks, or I-beams, or Easy-bake ovens, or whatever, to keep up with all these dollars ... dollars in China, dollars in Japan, dollars in real estate speculation, ad nauseum.
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Julka's bringing another wagon with smithy tools and firebricks.
The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994
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