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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..

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

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

Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering..

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

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

Nogging :: Nogging (v. t.) Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building..

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

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..

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..

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

Counterfort :: Counterfort (n.) A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.

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..

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..

Martello Tower :: Martello tower () A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction..

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..

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

Blocage :: Blocage (n.) The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in 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..

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