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141 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ALL.18 (Noah Webster)
All and some, in Spenser, Mason interprets, one and all. But from Lye’s Saxon Dictionary, it appears that the phrase is a corruption of the Sax. ealle at somne, all together, all at once, from somne, together, at once. See Lye under Somne.
142 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEVEL.2 (Noah Webster)
Among masons, carpenters, joiners, etc., an instrument, or kind of square, one leg of which is frequently crooked, according to the sweep of an arch or vault. It is …
143 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BRICKLAYER.1 (Noah Webster)
BRICKLAYER, n. [brick and lay.] One whose occupation is to build with bricks; a mason.
144 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BUILDER.1 (Noah Webster)
BUILDER, n. bild’er. One who builds; one whose occupation is to build; an architect, a ship-wright, a mason, etc.
145 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CASEMATE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. In fortification, a vault of masons work in the flank of a bastion, next to the curtain, somewhat inclined toward the capital of the bastion, serving as a battery to defend the face of the opposite bastion, and the moat or ditch.
146 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CLOUT.9 (Noah Webster)
… to Masons interpretation. In this case, the verb clout must signify, to nail, or fasten with nails; to stud.
147 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FRATERNITY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. A body of men associated for their common interest or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; as the fraternity of free masons.
148 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FREEMASON.1 (Noah Webster)
FREEMASON, n. One of the fraternity of masons.
149 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HAND.19 (Noah Webster)
14. A person; an agent; a man employed in agency or service. The mason employs twenty hands.
150 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HODMAN.1 (Noah Webster)
HODMAN, n. A man who carries a hod; a mason’s tender.
151 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. JOB.2 (Noah Webster)
… or mason undertakes to build a house by the job. The erection of Westminster bridge was a heavy job; and it was a great job to erect Central wharf, in Boston. The …
152 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEVEL.34 (Noah Webster)
… , the mason’s level, and the gunner’s level.
153 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MASON.1 (Noah Webster)
MASON, n. ma’sn.
154 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MASON.3 (Noah Webster)
2. A member of the fraternity of free masons.
155 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MASONIC.1 (Noah Webster)
MASONIC, a. Pertaining to the craft or mysteries of free masons.
156 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MASONRY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The art or occupation of a mason.
157 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MASONRY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. The work or performance of a mason; as when we say, the wall is good masonry.
158 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MASONRY.4 (Noah Webster)
3. The craft of free masons.
159 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MASTER.27 (Noah Webster)
15. The chief of a society; as the Grand Master of Malta, of free-masons, etc.
160 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLUMMET.3 (Noah Webster)
2. An instrument used by carpenters, masons, etc. in adjusting erections to a perpendicular line, and with a square, to determine a horizontal line. It consists of a piece of lead fastened to a line.