sammel

English

Alternative forms

• sammil
• samel (adjective only)

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps ultimately from Old English *samǣlan (“to half-burn”), from sam- (“half-, partly”) + ǣlan (“to burn”).

Noun

sammel (countable and uncountable, plural sammels)

1. (dialectal) Sandy gravel; loamy gravel used for puddling.
2. (dialectal) Gravelly yellow clay.
3. (dialectal) A brick in a kiln that is crumbly due to not being thoroughly burned, usually one that lies outermost.

Derived terms

• sammelbrick

Related terms

• anneal
• sammen

Adjective

sammel (comparative more sammel, superlative most sammel)

1. (dialectal) Mixed with lime for mortar.
2. (of bricks) Imperfectly burnt; (by extension) soft and crumbling.

German

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Verb

sammel

1. inflection of sammeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative