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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clinker \Clink"er\ (kl[i^][ng]k"[~e]r), n. [From clink; cf D. clinker a brick which is so hard that it makes a sonorous sound, from clinken to clink. Cf {Clinkstone}.] 1. A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln. 2. Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag. 3. A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging. 4. A kind of brick. See {Dutch clinker}, under {Dutch}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clinker n 1: a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire [syn: {cinder}] 2: a hard brick used as a paving stone [syn: {clinker brick}] v 1: clear out the cinders and clinker from: "we clinkered the fire frequently" 2: turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning
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