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(obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
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(roofing) The cracking of the surfacing bitumen on a bituminous roof or coating on a SPF roof, producing a pattern of cracks similar to an alligator's hide.
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The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
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Alternative form of ashlaring [The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.]
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(roofing) A shingle manufactured by coating a reinforcing material (felt or fibrous glass mat) with asphalt and having mineral granules on the side exposed to the weather.
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A machine for preparing batches, especially of concrete, of a fixed size or volume.
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(roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
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(architecture) The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.
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masonry that uses large blocks (of concrete etc.) rather than bricks
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(transitive) To make into bricks.
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The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
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Any material which is used for construction purposes.
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(manufacturing) A factory where building cement (for concrete) is manufactured.
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(dated) A mirror placed above a mantelpiece.
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The material used to fill the spaces between logs in a log house; caulking.
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A lightweight building block made from cinders and concrete.
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A wall made of clay mixed with straw.
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(construction) A groove which is formed, sawn, or tooled in a concrete or masonry structure to regulate the location and amount of cracking and separation resulting from the dimensional change of different parts of the structure, thereby avoiding the development of high stresses.
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(construction) A joint between two courses of masonry.
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(roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
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(construction) A layer in a wall, foundation etc. which prevents moisture spreading into interior areas.
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A material used for dampproofing.
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Masonry in stones of a specified size.
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(transitive) To line (a wall) with plasterboard or similar.
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To install and finish drywall.
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(masonry) Laying bricks with a three-quarter brick closure at the corner.
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Alternative form of emplecton [A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.]
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A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.
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Alternative form of emplecton [A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.]
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(masonry) In bricklaying, an arrangement of bricks such that one course has the short sides of the bricks (headers) facing outwards, and the next course has the long sides of the bricks (stretchers) facing outwards.
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Sheet metal that has been slit and stretched at right angles to the slits to form a lattice; used for making screens etc and for reinforcing concrete.
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(architecture) The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar or cement, where flashing is employed in better work.
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A joint or splice made with fishplates.
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(roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.
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The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rollers.
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(masonry) In bricklaying, an arrangement of bricks such that each course consists of alternate bricks having their short sides (headers) and long sides (stretchers) facing outwards, with alternate courses being offset.
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(masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
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The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina.
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Alternative form of galletting [The insertion of flint fillets into the joints of masonry.]
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Alternative form of galletting [The insertion of flint fillets into the joints of masonry.]
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The insertion of flint fillets into the joints of masonry.
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Alternative form of galletting [The insertion of flint fillets into the joints of masonry.]
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Alternative form of galletting [The insertion of flint fillets into the joints of masonry.]
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The addition of various materials to lime mortar.
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Expanded or extruded polystyrene manufactured into large lightweight blocks used to fill the void below a built structure.
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(New Zealand) To install plasterboard.
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(New Zealand) Finished with plasterboard, as opposed to some other surface material.
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A small spike or clip (such as a triangular bit stamped from sheet metal) used in glazing (window installation and repair) to affix the panes to the muntins, mullions, and frames, before glazier's putty is applied over it; traditionally or archetypically used by glaziers (although today likely to be used by renovation contractors or DIY renovators).
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(bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
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A grooved part of something.
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An application of grout.
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A form of shotcrete in which a dry cementitious mixture is blown through a hose to the nozzle, with water injected only at the point of application.
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The act or process of surfacing a wall with a slurry of pebbles or stone chips, then curing with a lime render.
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(masonry) A brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing.
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(masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
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(masonry) A bond in which no header stone stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the middle, and their joint is covered by another stone laid header fashion.
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(masonry) A bond in a stone wall in which two headers meet in the middle of a wall and another header covers the joint between them.
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Material used as fill between walls of greater structural integrity, especially in masonry.
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(archaeology) The abruptly truncated end of a knapped stone flake that did not reach across the entire face of the core stone; also applied to the site of the break on the core.
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(Philippines) A lightweight building block made from cinders and concrete.
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A long, straight-edged rule used by bricklayers for keeping their work even.
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That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
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A gluelike adhesive made from a mixture of water and flour (or starch), used to bind paper or paperboard.
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A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
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An uneven surface of a floor that occurs when stone or tiles are not laid to a uniform level
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(shipbuilding) A cementing substance (not actually glue) used for paying seams in ships' decks after they are caulked.
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The work or performance of a mason
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(founding) A kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.
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A mixture of sand and loam used by founders in making sand-molds.
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(transitive) to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork.
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(masonry) Rough brick masonry used to fill open spaces.
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A method of joining framing-timbers, by halving, scarfing, or caulking.
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(construction) An oversite slab, a slab on grade, a flat, solid layer of concrete laid over prepared ground, usually serving as a base for flooring.
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(construction, loosely) parging
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(construction) A coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls; a parge.
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Alternative form of perpend [A brick or stone that has its longest dimension perpendicular to the face of a wall, especially one that extends through the wall's entire thickness.]
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(metalworking) Dry, non-adhesive sand sprinkled upon the partings of a mould to facilitate the separation.
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(obsolete) A machine that is used to tamp down paving slabs.
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Alternative form of perpender [A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder.]
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A vertical joint (usually mortar) between bricks or blocks in a horizontal course.
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A mixture of clay and small stones used in French Vernacular architecture of the Southern United States to infill between half-timbering with diagonal braces.
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The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
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(masonry) Smooth stonework without decoration or ornamentation.
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(transitive) To fit or reinforce with plasterboard.
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The filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar.
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(architecture) mortar etc. laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound.
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A continuous process for manufacture of composite materials with constant cross section.
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A very hard ceramic tile used e.g. as flooring, usually 1/2 to 3/4 inches (13 to 19 mm) in thickness, made by the extrusion process from natural clays or shales.
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The act or process of repairing or restoring the harling on the external walls of a building.
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(architecture) to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather
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The process of replacing paving.
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(construction) The process of renewing mortar joints in masonry
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(archaeology) To modify a flint tool by making secondary flaking along the cutting edge.
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The act of paving with small stones and mortar.
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A person employed to sand wood.
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(masonry) The process of producing a smooth flat layer of concrete or similar material.
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Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.
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Alternative spelling of sheet metal [Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.]
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To install and finish sheetrock.
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(transitive) To cover or roof with shindles.
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The act of covering with shingles.
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The application of shotcrete onto a surface.
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The rounding and raising of the top edges of slate tiles.
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(construction) A horizontal placement of concrete directly over a prepared earth substrate.
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An arrangement of slats.
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(military) The full or partial demolition of a fortification.
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The use of the slipform technique in working with concrete.
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(founding) Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold.
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(construction) A course of bricks or stones having all the faces outward.
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(roofing) a parallel series of small grooves, channels, or impressions typically within a metal roof panel used to help reduce the potential for oil-canning.
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The material used in tamping.
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A technique for producing semi-solid metal castings, using a precast billet with a non-dendritic microstructure that is normally produced by vigorously stirring the melt as the bar is being cast.
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A technique for producing semi-solid metal castings. Room-temperature magnesium alloy chips are fed into the back end of a heated barrel through a volumetric feeder and rotated as they are forced forward into a die.
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(Freemasonry) To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.
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(construction) Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order to be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up.
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(masonry) The finishing of joints along the center lines with a narrow ridge of putty or fine lime mortar.
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Alternative form of tuck pointing [(masonry) The finishing of joints along the center lines with a narrow ridge of putty or fine lime mortar.]
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(architecture) A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken, intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints.
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The situation where the edges of tiles absorb some pigment from the grout used to cement them in place.
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