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The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.
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A mason who builds rough stonework.
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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.
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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.
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To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.
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A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet.
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The art or occupation of a mason.
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Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.
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The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like.
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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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To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.
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Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone.
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The work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad masonry; skillful masonry.
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To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.
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An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
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A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
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To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.
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To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another.
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A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.
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An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles.
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