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Mortar. [Obs.] Holland.

weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).

ch as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.

r. It burns at the rate of one yard in thirteen seconds, and is used as priming for heavy mortars, fireworks, etc. -- Slow match, slightly twisted hempen rope soaked in a solution of limewater and saltpeter or washed in a lye of water and wood ashes. It burns at the rate of four or five inches an hour, and is used for…

Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war. All the battlements their ordnance fire. Shak. Then you may hear afar off the awful roar of his [Rufus Choate's] rifled ordnance. E. Ererett. Ordnance survey, the off…

A carriage for conveying a mortar and its bed, on a march. Farrow.

Lines of white or black paint drawn along a mortar joint in a brick wall. Knight.

A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot. Hakluyt.

The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar. Sir T. Browne.

An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.

The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

ith or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.

One who applies plaster or mortar. "Thy father was a plasterer." Shak.

tructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster of Paris for the moldings and ornaments.

To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.

The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.

A pot-shaped cannon; a mortar. [Obs.] "Twelve potguns of brass." Hakluyt.

Volcanic ashes from Pozzuoli, in Italy, used in the manufacture of a kind of mortar which hardens under water.

plying substantial, real, fixed, sure, etc., and specif., of buildings, made of brick and mortar. [India]

To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2.