clinkantt

See clinquant. clinker (kling'kėr), n. [ Sw. klinkert ), a vitrified brick, also (= MLG. klinkart, klinkert ) a certain gold coin; cf. Dan. klinke, a clinker: see clink, n.] 1. That which clinks. Specifically-2. A metal-heeled shoe used in dancing jigs.-3. The partly melted and agglutinated residuum of the combustion of coal which has a fusible ash.-4. A partially vitrified brick or ma of bricks.-5. A kind of hard Dutch or Flemish brick, used for paving yards and stables.-6. Vitrified or burnt matter thrown up by a volcano.-7. A scale of black oxid of iron, formed when iron is heated to redne in the open air.-8. A deep impre ion of a horse's or cow's foot; a small puddle so formed. Grose. [Prov. Eng.] clinker (kling'ker), v. i. [ They [boiler-grates] will not clinker up. Fibre and Fabric , V. 17.