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Masonry definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MA'SONRY, n.
1. The art or occupation of a mason.
2. The work or performance of a mason; as when we say, the wall is good masonry.
3. The craft of free masons.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: structure built of stone or brick by a mason
2: Freemasons collectively [syn: Freemasonry, Masonry]
3: the craft of a mason

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ries) Date: 13th century 1. a. something constructed of materials used by masons b. the art, trade, or occupation of a mason c. work done by a mason 2. capitalized freemasonry

Merriam Webster's

noun see freemasonry

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a the work of a mason. b stonework. 2 (Masonry) Freemasonry. Etymology: ME f. OF maçonerie (as MASON)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Masonry Ma"son*ry, n. [F. ma[,c]onnerie.] 1. The art or occupation of a mason. 2. The work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad masonry; skillful masonry. 3. That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar. 4. The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; freemasonry.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Masonry is bricks or pieces of stone which have been stuck together with cement as part of a wall or building.

Moby Thesaurus

adobe, ashlar, brick, bricks and mortar, cement, clinker, concrete, covering materials, ferroconcrete, firebrick, flag, flagstone, flooring, lath and plaster, mortar, pavement, paving, paving material, plasters, prestressed concrete, roofage, roofing, siding, stone, tile, tiling, walling