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eve that they can fill up every requirement contained in the rule of righteousness. J. M. Mason. God gave her the child, and gave her too an instinctive knowledge of its nature and requirements. Hawthorne.

l instrument, consisting of a reticule in the focus of an eyepiece. -- Reticulated work (Masonry), work constructed with diamond-shaped stones, or square stones placed diagonally.

To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.

to revolutionize a government. Ames. The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. J. M. Mason.

t of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry. He looked with indifference on rites, names, and forms of ecclesiastical polity. Macaulay.

Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons.

A mason who builds rough stonework.

Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls. Inside [the wall] there was rubble or mortar. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.

An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles.

action. "In Troy, there lies the scene." Shak. The world is a vast scene of strife. J. M. Mason.

The ceremonial observed by one of the Masonic systems, called in full the Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite; also, the system itself, which confers thirty-three degrees, of which the first three are nearly identical with those of the York rite.

One who excuses or justifies himself. J. M. Mason.

arch, an oblique arch. See under Oblique. -- Skew back. (Civil Engin.) (a) The course of masonry, the stone, or the iron plate, having an inclined face, which forms the abutment for the voussoirs of a segmental arch. (b) A plate, cap, or shoe, having an inclined face to receive the nut of a diagonal brace, rod, or the…

A slab of stone used as a veneer for coarse masonry. Knight.

gues to sea." Shak. On its outer point, some miles away. The lighthouse lifts its massive masonry. Longfellow.

Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.

e of to the order; to stretch over as an arch. The rivers were spanned by arches of solid masonry. prescott.

To sharpen to a point. [R.] "With spiculated paling." Mason.

Having a spire; being in the form of a spire; as, a spired steeple. Mason.