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The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some place with a pavement.

A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving; also, a molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material.

A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.

A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc. Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The President is commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States.…

A flat stone used for paving. Woodward.

A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag, a stone.

on one side. -- Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8. -- Flemish brick, a hard yellow paving brick. -- Flemish coil, a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other. -- Flemish eye (Naut.), an eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strands and l…

A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways. Bouvier.

A rammer for driving paving stones.

The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone. Mayhew.

Paving or flooring made of small squares or lozenges set diagonally. [Formerly written pointal.]

A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.