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401 Etymology dictionary, p. mason (n.).2
… "stone mason" (Old North French machun ), probaby from Frankish *makjo or some other Germanic source (compare Old High German steinmezzo "stone mason," Modern German …
402 Etymology dictionary, p. mason (n.).3
… . The Mason jar (by 1868), a type of molded glass jar with an airtight screw lid, used for home preserves, is named for John L. Mason of New York, who patented it in 1858 …
403 Etymology dictionary, p. Mason-Dixon Line.1
Mason-Dixon Line
404 Etymology dictionary, p. Mason-Dixon Line.2
… Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, English astronomers who surveyed (1763-7) the disputed boundary between the colonial holdings of the Penns (Pennsylvania …
405 Etymology dictionary, p. Masonite.2
… , by Mason Fibre Company, Laurel, Mississippi, U.S., and named for William H. Mason (1877-1940), protege of Edison, who patented the process of making it. Earlier (1840 …
406 Etymology dictionary, p. masonry (n.).2
mid-14c., masonrie, "stonework, a construction of dressed or fitted stones;" late 14c., "art or occupation of a mason;" from Old French maçonerie (14c.), from maçon (see mason ).
407 Etymology dictionary, p. mortarboard (n.).2
… the mason's board. Earlier it was called a mortar cap (1680s) or simply morter (c. 1600), from French mortier .
408 Etymology dictionary, p. odd (adj.).3
… ., with Masonic-type trappings; formally organized 1813 in Manchester, England.
409 Etymology dictionary, p. Portland.2
… , English mason Joseph Aspdin, from resemblance of the color to the popular building stone of Portland, England. Related: Portlandian .
410 Etymology dictionary, p. puncheon (n.2).2
… by masons, also "die for coining or seal-making," late 14c., from Old French ponchon, poinchon "pointed tool, piercing weapon," from Vulgar Latin *punctionem (nominative …
411 Etymology dictionary, p. scantling (n.).2
… of mason's rod for measuring thickness (c. 1300), a shortening of Old French escantillon (Modern French échantillon "sample pattern"), which is of uncertain origin …
412 Etymology dictionary, p. seven (num.).4
… a Masonic symbol.
413 Etymology dictionary, p. square (n.).2
… -13c., "mason's tool for measuring right angles, carpenter's square," from Old French esquire "a square, squareness," from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, a back-formation …
414 Etymology dictionary, p. Suzie.2
also Susie, familiar form of fem. proper name Susan or Susanna. Suzie Wong is in reference to "The World of Suzie Wong," 1957 novel by R.L. Mason featuring a Hong Kong prostitute. Susie Q as the name of a popular dance or dance move is from 1936.
415 Etymology dictionary, p. tailor (n.).2
… "stone-mason" (13c., Modern French tailleur ), literally "a cutter," from tailler "to cut," from Late Latin or old Medieval Latin taliare "to split" (compare Medieval Latin …
416 Etymology dictionary, p. third degree (n.).2
… master mason in Freemasonry (1772), the conferring of which included an interrogation ceremony. Third degree as a measure of severity of burns (most severe …
417 Etymology dictionary, p. tracery (n.).2
… a masons' term" [Weekley].
418 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Baptismal Regeneration.11
… . J. Mason, The Faith of the Gospel. For patristic teaching on this subject, compare Tertullian, De Baptismo.
419 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bread.25
… or mason left home for the day's work, or when the muleteer or messenger set out on a journey, he wrapped other articles of food, if there were any, in the thin loaves …
420 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Crafts.19
9. Mason Work