coctile

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UK/ˈkɒktɪl/UK/ˈkɒktaɪl/

adjective

Made by baking, or exposure to heat.

OriginLatin coctilis →
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Meanings

adjectivecoctile (not comparable)
  1. not comparableMade by baking, or exposure to heat.

    Coctive…Made by baking or exposing to heat, as a brick; coctile.

    1885, Samuel Fallows, The Progressive Dictionary of the English Language, Coctive, page 130/3
    1. not comparableof earthenware

      Theſe Corals…are made of a ſort of pale red Coctile Earth or Stone.

      1705, translator unknown, A New and Accurate Deſcription of the Coaſt of Guinea, translation of original by Willem Bosman, letter XXI, page 437
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      The excavations continued, and soon a most singularly shaped coctile vessel, or terra cotta urn…was brought to light.

      1851, “The Age of Honesty”, in The Dublin Review, volume XXXI, number lxii, article VIII, page 599

      Now, these tiles are of the coctile kind, or which have been baked red like bricks or common red “roofing tiles.”

      1874, J.D. Beglar, A.C.L. Carlleyle, Delhi, page 189

      An oval platform of stone…stands out inside a perimeter frame of beige coctile brick with a fishbone formation.

      1995, Paolo Favole, Squares in Contemporary Architecture, page 71
    2. not comparableof bread

      Was ever coctile product more appetizing to hungry mortals! The good Dr. Talmage…acknowledges a heavy debt to good bread as a stimulant to an overdrained brain.

      1887, “Wallace’s Monthly”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume XIII, page 365
  2. not comparableBuilt of baked bricks.

    From the tiles and skylights of a coctile edifice.

    1842, “Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume IX, page 682
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    Beyond this region spread dead levels, which…resembled the sea. From the city’s lofty walls stretched on all sides…flatness and luxuriance. What, then, could taste divine and power accomplish…to transport thither a primeval forest, and to pile up coctile mountains to place it on. Such was the design of the Hanging Gardens.

    1850, David Urquhart, chapter 2, in The Pillars of Hercules, volume II, book iv, page 145

    The “coctile” texture of the wall is visible where there are lacks of plaster and elements of stone appear too.

    1996, Douglas D. Burleigh and Jane W.M. Spicer, Proceedings of the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers MMDCCLXVI: Thermosense XVIII, page 58

Origin

  1. Latincoctilis“burned, built of burned bricks”
  2. Englishcoctile

Borrowed from the Latin coctilis (“burned, built of burned bricks”), from coquō (“to cook, to roast or dry”).

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Translations

Swedish bränd
  • brändmade by baking or exposure to heat
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