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ild, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. Eng. Cyc.

Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes. -- Cas"tle*build`ing, n.

One whose business is to build houses; a housewright.

A professional builder who erects cheap dwellings of poor materials and unsubstantial and slovenly construction.

One who rebuilds. Bp. Bull.

A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.

A subordinate or assistant builder. An underbuilder in the house of God. Jer. Taylor.

A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.

Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive. "Architectonic wisdom." Boyle. These architectonic functions which we had hitherto thought belonged. J. C. Shairp.

or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.

An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

A builder. [Obs.] Bailey.

ion or enterprise. It is called this man's or that man's "folly," and name of the foolish builder is thus kept alive for long after years. Trench.

nt and secret association or fraternity, said to have been at first composed of masons or builders in stone, but now consisting of persons who are united for social enjoyment and mutual assistance.

Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings.

Loud or rapid talk without meaning. Forthwith a hideous gabble rises loud Among the builders. Milton.

A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.] Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. London Graphic.

A builder of houses.

The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood.

ng which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason. The glass of fashion and the mold of form. Shak.