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Revet :: Revet (v. t.) To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material..

Boss :: Boss (n.) A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder..

Jump :: Jump (n.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

Foundation :: Foundation (n.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry..

Builder :: Builder (n.) One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason..

South :: South (n.) Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.

Rubblework :: Rubblework (n.) Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.

Filling :: Filling (n.) That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc..

Mole :: Mole (n.) A mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones, etc., laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc of a circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the harbor itself..

Counterfort :: Counterfort (n.) A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.

Wharf :: Wharf (n.) A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier..

Tile :: Tile (v. t.) To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge..

Hodman :: Hodman (n.) A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender.

Freemasonry :: Freemasonry (n.) The institutions or the practices of freemasons.

Buttress :: Buttress (n.) A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry..

Jedding Ax :: "Jedding ax (n.) A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part..

Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering..

Lodge :: Lodge (n.) The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge..

Garreting :: Garreting (n.) Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.

Slatt :: Slatt (n.) A slab of stone used as a veneer for coarse masonry.

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