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Render :: Render (v. t.) To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath..

Incrustation :: Incrustation (n.) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement..

Underpinning :: Underpinning (n.) The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like..

Hypocaust :: Hypocaust (n.) A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses..

Coursed :: Coursed (a.) Arranged in courses; as, coursed masonry..

Antimason :: Antimason (n.) One opposed to Freemasonry.

Pier :: Pier (n.) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.

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..

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..

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

Coping :: Coping (n.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping..

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..

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

Gather :: Gather (n.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7..

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

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..

Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used..

Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; -- used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways..

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

Bone :: Bone (v. t.) To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying..

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