Ashlar

ahd-5
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A squared block of building stone.
  • noun. Masonry of such stones.
  • noun. A thin, dressed rectangle of stone for facing walls.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See ashler.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone.
  • noun. In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A large cuboid stone; masonry making use of such stone blocks.
  • noun. A hurling stone used in warfare.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes
  • Word Usage
    "So he abode in prison, and when they brought out the prisoners, to cut ashlar from the quarries they took Sa’id with them, and he wrought with the rest."
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    ashler  
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