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Stone
A piece of rock that is quarried then worked into a specific size or shape to serve a function as a useful building or paving material.
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cut stone
Building materials; Stone
All stone cut or machined to given sizes, dimension or shape, and produced in accordance with working or shop drawings which have been developed from an architect's structural drawings.
spot or spotting
Building materials; Stone
An adhesive contact, usually plaster of Paris, applied between the back of marble veneer and the face of a back-up wall to plum or secure standing marble.
vault
Building materials; Stone
An arched roof supported on its edges and reinforced, when necessary, by ribs.
entablature
Building materials; Stone
An elaborate beam carried by columns or located at the top of a wall; consists of a lower architrave, middle frieze and upper cornice.
pilaster
Building materials; Stone
An engaged pier of shallow depth; in classical architecture it follows the height and width of related columns, with similar base and capital.
