Definitions For Coctile

Adjective

(not comparable) Made by bake, baking, or exposure to heat. 1705, Willem Bosman (author; translator unknown), A New and Accurate Deſcription of the Coaſt of Guinea, letter XXI, : : Theſe Corals…are made of a ſort of pale red Coctile Earth or Stone. 1851, “The Age of Honesty”, article VIII in The Dublin Review XXXI, № lxii, : : The excavations continued, and soon a most singularly shaped coctile vessel, or terra cotta urn…was brought to light. 1874, J.D. Beglar and A.C.L. Carlleyle, Delhi, : : Now, these tiles are of the coctile kind, or which have been baked red like bricks or common red “roofing tiles.” 1995, Paolo Favole, Squares in Contemporary Architecture, : : An oval platform of stone…stands out inside a perimeter frame of beige coctile brick with a fishbone formation. 1887, Wallace’s Monthly XIII, : : 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. Built of baked brick, bricks.

Quotations

Related terms

coct coctible coctillation coction coctive cocture concoct coque coquicide coquinate coquination decoction

Translations

Swedish: bränd

Etymology

Borrowed from the , from coquō, , I cook, I roast or dry.