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Cement :: Cement (n.) Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc..

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense..

Trug :: Trug (n.) A hod for mortar.

Bricklaying :: Bricklaying (n.) The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks..

Daubing :: Daubing (n.) A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.

Plaster :: Plaster (n.) A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar..

Gomer :: Gomer (n.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor..

Chevrette :: Chevrette (n.) A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.

Perrier :: Perrier (n.) A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot.

Hobit :: Hobit (n.) A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer..

Chunam :: Chunam (n.) Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar..

Rebate :: Rebate (n.) A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar..

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle..

Browning :: Browning (n.) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster..

Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle..

Pestilation :: Pestilation (n.) The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar.

Harden :: Harden (v. i.) To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying..

Embed :: Embed (v. t.) To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand..

Coehorn :: Coehorn (n.) A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men..

Plasterwork :: Plasterwork (n.) Plastering used to finish architectural constructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster of Paris for the moldings and ornaments..

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