adj
Meaning 1
Mixed with lime for mortar.
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Usage: dialectal
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adj
Mixed with lime for mortar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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adj
Imperfectly burnt; (by extension) soft and crumbling.
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noun
Sandy gravel; loamy gravel used for puddling.
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Usage: countable, dialectal, uncountable
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noun
Gravelly yellow clay.
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Usage: countable, dialectal, uncountable
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noun
A brick in a kiln that is crumbly due to not being thoroughly burned, usually one that lies outermost.
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Usage: countable, dialectal, uncountable
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History
Uncertain. Perhaps ultimately from Old English *samǣlan (“to half-burn”), from sam- (“half-, partly”) + ǣlan (“to burn”).