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checkerwork

[ chek-er-wurk ]

noun

  1. a pile of loosely stacked bricks in the regenerator of a regenerative furnace.


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On his wise shoulders through the checkerwork of leaves the sun flung spangles, dancing coins.

Twelve enormous masses of metallic checkerwork, covered with wide cooling fins, almost filled the vast hall.

Five weaves are recognized by the Tinguian, but they are really variations of two—checkerwork and the diagonal or twilled.

Masses of flue-dust had clogged the holes in the checkerwork and reduced its power for holding heat.

My first sensation, as I stepped off the ladder to the checkerwork inside the stove, was relief.

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