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381 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Abishur.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Abishur — father of the wall; i.e., “mason”, one of the two sons of Shammai of the tribe of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 2:28, 1 Chronicles 2:29 ).
383 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Mason.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Mason — an artificer in stone. The Tyrians seem to have been specially skilled in architecture ( 1 Kings 5:17, 1 Kings 5:18; 2 Samuel 5:11 ). This art the Hebrews no doubt …
384 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Quarries.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… sent masons and stone-squarers to Jerusalem to assist Solomon’s workmen in their great undertaking, but did not send stones to Jerusalem, where, indeed, they …
385 Etymology dictionary, p. anti (n.).2
… . Anti-Masonic political party); as an adjective, from 1857.
386 Etymology dictionary, p. Anti-Mason (n.).1
Anti-Mason (n.)
387 Etymology dictionary, p. Anti-Mason (n.).2
… anti- + Mason, in reference to the secret society of Free and Accepted Masons. Related: Anti-Masonic .
388 Etymology dictionary, p. Dixie (n.).2
… the Mason- Dixon Line, but there are other well-publicized theories dating to the Civil War. Popularized nationwide in minstrel shows. Dixieland style of …
389 Etymology dictionary, p. freemason (n.).2
… of masons with a secret code; in the early 17c. they began accepting honorary members and teaching them the secrets and lore, which was continued into or revived …
390 Etymology dictionary, p. freemason (n.).3
… "brother mason;" others say it was because the masons worked on "free-standing" stones; still others see them as "free" from the control of local guilds or lords …
391 Etymology dictionary, p. gavel (n.).2
… of mason's tool, in which case the extended meaning may be via freemasonry. As a verb, by 1887, from the noun. Old English had tabule "wooden hammer struck as a signal …
392 Etymology dictionary, p. harpoon (n.).2
… a mason's tool for fastening stones together), from harper "to grapple, grasp," which is of uncertain origin. It is possibly of Germanic origin; or the French word …
393 Etymology dictionary, p. layer (n.).2
… , "a mason"), agent noun from lay (v.). Passive sense of "a thickness of some material laid over a surface" is first recorded 1610s, but because the earliest English use …
394 Etymology dictionary, p. lesbian (adj.).4
… .) a mason's rule of lead, of a type used in ancient times on Lesbos, which could be bent to fit the curves of a molding; hence, figuratively, "pliant morality or judgment …
395 Etymology dictionary, p. lithodomous (adj.).2
… "a mason," from demein "to build," which is derived from domos .
396 Etymology dictionary, p. lodge (n.).3
… of masons" (mid-14c.). In the New World the word was used of certain American Indian buildings (1805), hence lodge-pole (1805) and lodge-pole pine (1859).
397 Etymology dictionary, p. mashie (n.).2
… a mason's hammer, from French massue "club," from Vulgar Latin *mattiuca, from Latin mateola "a tool for digging" (see mace (n.1)). Related: Mashie-niblick (1903).
398 Etymology dictionary, p. masonic (adj.).1
masonic (adj.)
399 Etymology dictionary, p. masonic (adj.).2
1767, "of or pertaining to the fraternity of freemasons;" 1810, "of or pertaining to stone masons;" see mason + -ic .
400 Etymology dictionary, p. mason (n.).1
mason (n.)