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Nogging :: Nogging (v. t.) Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building..

Architect :: Architect (n.) A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed..

Rejoint :: Rejoint (v. t.) Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather..

Astructive :: Astructive (a.) Building up; constructive; -- opposed to destructive.

Barn :: Barn (n.) A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables..

Timber :: Timber (n.) That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3..

Half-timbered :: Half-timbered (a.) Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings..

Land :: Land (n.) Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate..

Stock :: Stock (n.) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building.

Elevator :: Elevator (n.) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain..

Hammer-dressed :: Hammer-dressed (a.) Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -- said of building stone.

Verger :: Verger (n.) The official who takes care of the interior of a church building.

Shipbuilding :: Shipbuilding (n.) Naval architecturel the art of constructing ships and other vessels.

Facade :: Facade (n.) The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use..

Lane :: Lane (n.) A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice..

Plashing :: Plashing (n.) The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc..

Frieze :: Frieze (n.) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. See Illust. of Column..

Architecture :: Architecture (n.) The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture..

Pagoda :: Pagoda (n.) A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship..

Range :: Range (v.) A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains..

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