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

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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..

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

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

Antimasonry :: Antimasonry (n.) Opposition to Freemasonry.

Casemate :: Casemate (n.) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops..

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