bricking

/ ˈbrɪkɪŋ /

noun

And he found them bricking up the town gate, because it was so wide that little folks could not get through.

"To sinking and bricking new well, 32 ft. deep," Reynold replied.

“They get it gold-bricking New Yorkers, then,” declared Wallingford contemptuously.

We have been bricking him up for a lark, and intend keeping him here till the morning.

The bank on either side they were bricking up and cementing.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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