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to begin to leak. -- To spring an arch (Arch.), to build an arch; -- a common term among masons; as, to spring an arcg over a lintel. -- To spring a rattle, to cause a rattle to sound. See Watchman's rattle, under Watchman. -- To spring the luff (Naut.), to ease the helm, and sail nearer to the wind than before; --…

To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.

Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone. Mortimer.

from Stretch, v. Stretching course (Masonry), a course or series of stretchers. See Stretcher, 2. Britton.

One belonged to a certain order or degree among the Freemasons, called Knights Templars. Also, one of an order among temperance men, styled Good Templars.

only a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet.

To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons. [Written also tyler.]

e whole supported by a carriage mounted on track rails. It is used esp. for setting heavy masonry blocks for piers, breakwaters, etc.

e under Round, a. -- Shot tower. See under Shot. -- Tower bastion (Fort.), a bastion of masonry, often with chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior polygon of some works. -- Tower mustard (Bot.), the cruciferous plant Arabis perfoliata. -- Tower of London, a collection of buildings in the eastern part o…

ed professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician. Accursed usury was all his trade. Spenser. The homely, slighted, shepherd's trade. Milton. I will instruct thee in my trade. Shak.

ur legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.

A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.

The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like.

To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another.

ave a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc. There are many things which, a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform. F. W. Robertson. In full uniform (Mil.), wearing the whole of the prescribed uniform, with ornaments, badges of…

f. [R.] "Elegant dissertations on virtue and vice . . . will not unsting calamity." J. M. Mason.

Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal. Mason.

Conformable to moral rectitude. Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure. J. M. Mason.