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(<i>n.</i>) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.<p>2. (<i>n.</i>) Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.<p>3. (<i>n.</i>) Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread).<p>4. (<i>n.</i>) A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.<p>5. (<i>v. t.</i>) To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks.<p>6. 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