burned-brick

Updated: May 18, 2025

Upon one occasion, even, when woollen rags were scarce, and no burned-brick was to be had from the ship's Yeoman, I sacrificed the corners of my woollen shirt, and used some dentrifice I had, as substitutes for the rags and burned-brick.

Herman Melville - White Jacket: or, the World on a Man-of-War