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4 words match “HAMMER-DRESSED”

HAMMER-DRESSED a.
Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -- said of building stone.
ASHLAR; ASHLER n.
quared or hewn stone. Rough ashlar, a block of freestone as brought from the quarry. When hammer-dressed it is known as common ashlar. Knight.
MARGIN n.
stocks, wheat, etc. N. Biddle. Margin draft (Masonry), a smooth cut margin on the face of hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints. -- Margin of a course (Arch.), that part of a course, as of slates or shingles, which is not covered by the course immediately above it. See 2d Gauge.
NIGGED n.
Hammer-dressed; -- said of building stone.