The Collaborative International Dictionary
To brick up
Brick \Brick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bricked; p. pr. & vb. n. Bricking.]
To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks.
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To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them.
To brick up, to fill up, inclose, or line, with brick.