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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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water bar
Building materials; Stone
Typically a strip in the bottom of a door sill serving as a baffle to the entrance of water.
bluestone
Building materials; Stone
Usually a flat stone used as an edging material; generally used to retain the field of a terrace or platform.
split face (sawed bed)
Building materials; Stone
Usually sawed on the stone bed and split by hand or machine so that the face of the stone exhibits the natural quarry texture.
voussoir
Building materials; Stone
Wedge-shaped stone components of a masonry arch, carefully formed to support each other when in position.
bevel
Building materials; Stone
When the angle between two sides is greater or less than a right angle
knapped flint
Building materials; Stone
A hard stone that is split down the middle to reveal the dark glossy centre.
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