clinker

  1. Noun.  A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
  2. Noun.  A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
  3. Noun.  Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. (defdate, from 18th c.) .
  4. Noun.  Hardened volcanic lava. (defdate, from 19th c.) .
  5. Noun.  A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging. (defdate, from 19th c.) .
  6. Noun.  Someone or something that clinks.
  7. Noun.  (in plural) Fetters.
  8. Noun.  Someone or something that clinches.

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