Definition of masonry

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Masonry (n.) The art or occupation of a mason.

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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..
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..
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.
Masonry :: Masonry (n.) That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar..
Gather :: Gather (n.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7..
Masonry :: Masonry (n.) The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; freemasonry..
Dam :: Dam (n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water..
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..
Ashler :: Ashler (n.) Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone..
Revet :: Revet (v. t.) To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material..
Backjoint :: Backjoint (n.) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
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..
Underpinning :: Underpinning (n.) The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like..
Moellon :: Moellon (n.) Rubble masonry.
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..
Coping :: Coping (n.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping..
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..
Interdome :: Interdome (n.) The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.
Render :: Render (v. t.) To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath..
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