Masonry is the craft of building a structure with brick, stone, or similar material, including mortar plastering which are often laid in, bound, and pasted...
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Freemasonry (redirect from Free masonry)
Freemasonry, sometimes spelled Free-Masonry or simply Masonry from 'freestone mason', includes various fraternal organisations that trace their origins...
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A masonry heater (also called a masonry stove) is a device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic...
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Anti-Masonry (alternatively called anti-Freemasonry) is "avowed opposition to Freemasonry", which has led to multiple forms of religious discrimination...
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which hardens to bind building blocks such as stones, bricks, and concrete masonry units, to fill and seal the irregular gaps between them, spread the weight...
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Masonry veneer walls consist of a single non-structural external layer of masonry, typically made of brick, stone or manufactured stone. Masonry veneer...
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The masonry trowel is a hand trowel used in brickwork or stonework for levelling, spreading and shaping mortar or concrete. They come in several shapes...
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Cyclopean masonry is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal...
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Ashlar (redirect from Ashlar masonry)
refer to a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, and is generally rectangular (cuboid). It was described by Vitruvius...
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Polygonal masonry is a technique of stone wall construction. True polygonal masonry is a technique wherein the visible surfaces of the stones are dressed...
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A masonry arch bridge, typically designated as a masonry bridge, stone bridge, or vaulted bridge, represents a specific construction technique. However...
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Stonemasonry (redirect from Stone masonry)
which still see widespread use. Ashlar masonry. Stone masonry using dressed (cut) stones is known as ashlar masonry. Trabeated systems. One of the oldest...
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Cryptic Masonry is the second part of the York Rite system of Masonic degrees, and the last found within the Rite that deals specifically with the Hiramic...
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Concrete block (redirect from Concrete masonry unit)
block in North American English, breeze block in British English, concrete masonry unit (CMU), or by various other terms, is a standard-size rectangular block...
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Castle (redirect from Masonry Castle)
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars usually...
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Royal Arch Masonry (also known as "Capitular Masonry") is the first part of the American York Rite system of Masonic degrees. Royal Arch Masons meet as...
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Brick (redirect from Hack (masonry))
construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term brick denotes a unit primarily composed...
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masonry or rubble stone is rough, uneven building stone not laid in regular courses. It may fill the core of a wall which is faced with unit masonry such...
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Masonry dams are dams made out of masonry – mainly stone and brick, sometimes joined with mortar. They are either the gravity or the arch-gravity type...
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A masonry oven, colloquially known as a brick oven or stone oven, is an oven consisting of a baking chamber made of fireproof brick, concrete, stone,...
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Chisel (redirect from Masonry chisel)
stone chisels are often hit with club hammers, a heavier type of hammer. Masonry chisels are typically heavy, with a relatively dull head that wedges and...
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Operative Masonry or The Worshipful Society of Free Masons, Rough Masons, Wallers, Slaters, Paviors, Plaisterers and Bricklayers or simply The Operatives...
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Ancient and Primitive Rite (redirect from Antient and Primitive Rite of Masonry)
until his present day. He professed also that "Its Rituals embrace all Masonry, and are based on those of the Craft universal; they explain its symbols...
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A freestone is a type of stone used in masonry for molding, tracery and other replication work required to be worked with...
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Cordwood construction (redirect from Cordwood masonry)
Cordwood construction (also called cordwood masonry or cordwood building, alternatively stackwall or stovewood) is a term used for a natural building...
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An unreinforced masonry building (or UMB, URM building) is a type of building where load bearing walls, non-load bearing walls or other structures, such...
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Monumental masonry (also known as memorial masonry) is a kind of stonemasonry focused on the creation, installation and repairs of headstones (also known...
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Prince Hall Freemasonry (redirect from Prince Hall Masonry)
American Freemasonry, Hall and 14 other men sought and were initiated into Masonry through Lodge No. 441 of the Grand Lodge of Ireland on March 6, 1775. This...
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Rustication (architecture) (redirect from Bossed masonry)
range of masonry techniques used in classical architecture giving visible surfaces a finish texture that contrasts with smooth, squared-block masonry called...
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Martin Stone (guitarist) (redirect from Stone's Masonry)
Stones. Stone played in many groups, including Junior's Blues Band, Stone's Masonry, Almost Presley, The Action, Savoy Brown Blues Band, Mighty Baby, Chilli...
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