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The art, trade, or work of building.
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lancet arch
Construction; Masonry
A Gothic or pointed arch having a rise of greater than the span. A narrow pointed arch.
surbase arch
Construction; Masonry
A Gothic or pointed arch having a rise of less than half the span.
drop arch
Construction; Masonry
A Gothic or pointed arch with the radii of the arcs less than the span.
fluted face
Construction; Masonry
A groove or channel, esp. one of many such parallel grooves, usually semicircular or semielliptical in section; used decoratively, as along the shaft of a column.
control joint
Construction; Masonry
A groove which is formed, sawed, or tooled in a concrete or masonry structure to regulate the location and amount of cracking and separation resulting from the dimensional change ...
bricklayers hammer
Construction; Masonry
A hammer usually with a square head and with an opposing chisel for cutting bricks and stone.
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