Definition of mason

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Mason (n.) One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes..

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Masonic :: Masonic (a.) Of or pertaining to Freemasons or to their craft or mysteries.
Underwork :: Underwork (v. t.) To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another..
Rubble :: Rubble (n.) Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like..
Underpin :: Underpin (v. t.) To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest..
Trade :: Trade (v.) The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician..
Mould :: Mould (n.) That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason..
Commandery :: Commandery (n.) An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons.
Masonry :: Masonry (n.) The art or occupation of a mason.
Rite :: Rite (n.) The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry..
Square :: Square (n.) To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work..
Jedding Ax :: "Jedding ax (n.) A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part..
Stonewort :: Stonework (n.) Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone.
Jump :: Jump (n.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
Trestle :: Trestle (n.) A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like..
Roughsetter :: Roughsetter (n.) A mason who builds rough stonework.
South :: South (n.) Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
Interdome :: Interdome (n.) The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.
Grout :: Grout (n.) A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in finishing the best ceilings. Gwilt..
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..
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