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

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

Pier :: Pier (n.) Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings..

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

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

Ashler :: Ashler (n.) Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone..

Vault :: Vault (n.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy..

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

Underpin :: Underpin (v. t.) To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest..

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

Emplecton :: Emplecton (n.) A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders..

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

Backjoint :: Backjoint (n.) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.

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..

Culvert :: Culvert (n.) A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge..

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..

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

Masonry :: Masonry (n.) The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; freemasonry..

Interdome :: Interdome (n.) The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.

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..

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