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) A joint, as of two or more boards, etc., at right angles to the grain of the wood. (b) (Masonry) A joint between two roussoirs in the same course.

To mow, as stubble. Mason.

A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender.

r beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. "Horns of mead and ale." Mason.

A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses.

al; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid. "A thrifty and illiberal hand." Mason.

Doubtful; not of definite form. Opus incertum (Anc. Arch.), a kind of masonry employed in building walls, in which the stones were not squared nor laid in courses; rubblework.

A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.

w. Herbert. Two initiatory rites of the same general import can not exist together. J. M. Mason.

Milton. "Instinctive dread." Cowper. With taste instinctive give Each grace appropriate. Mason. Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of some absent friends Bp. Hall.

With instruments of music; as, a song instrumentally accompanied. Mason.

The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.

Illuminated; irradiated. Mason.

sistible attraction. An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek happiness. J. M. Mason.

The principles of the Jacobites. Mason.

A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part. Knight.

ereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. Coursing joint (Masonry), the mortar joint between two courses of bricks or stones. -- Fish joint, Miter joint, Universal joint, etc. See under Fish, Miter, etc. -- Joint bolt, a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood, one endwise to the oth…

urniture and piano factories, etc. -- Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2. -- Jointing rule (Masonry), a long straight rule, used by bricklayers for securing straight joints and faces.

An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. From the jump, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.] -- Jump joint. (a) A butt joint. (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels. -- Jump seat. (a) A movable carriage seat. (b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as…

A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.