Definition of Clinkers

1. Noun. (plural of clinker) ¹

2. Noun. (Ulster anatomy) testicles ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clinkers

1. clinker [v] - See also: clinker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clinkers

clinics
clinid
clinid fish
clinique
cliniques
clink
clinkant
clinked
clinker
clinker-built
clinker block
clinker blocks
clinker brick
clinkered
clinkering
clinkery
clinking
clinkingly
clinkings
clinks
clinkstone
clinkstones
clinky
clino-
clinoatacamite
clinobehoite
clinobisvanite
clinocephalic
clinocephalism

Literary usage of Clinkers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geological Survey of Michigan by Michigan Geological Survey (1900)
"No clinkers; light brown smoke. 8. EJ Corbett. clinkers and smoke medium. 7. ... clinkers and smoke medium. See other tests and analyses. 15. ..."

2. The Collected Writings of Hermann August Seger by Hermann August Seger, Hermann Hecht, Eduard Cramer (1902)
"It has been said, based on the experience of practice, that the red clays are best suited for clinkers, and others claim that the yellow burning calcareous ..."

3. The Manufacture of Iron, in All Its Various Branches: Including a by Frederick Overman (1854)
"The toughest clinkers are generally first ... for generally, in that case, the tuyeres work dark, and clinkers accumulate before them. ..."

4. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress edited by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1846)
"clinkers, being of a light porous nature, and containing a large ... The advantages arising from the admixture of the clinkers with the rich oxides of iron ..."

5. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1870)
">coal powder, a flame is then regularly kept up, giving out an intense, heat, and leaving little orno residue in the shape of clinkers or ash. ..."

6. The London Journal of Arts, Sciences, and Manufactures, and Repertory of by William Newton (1846)
"stratum of clinkers is formed near the bottom of the heaps. clinkers, being of a light porous nature, and containing a large proportion of earthy matters, ..."

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