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stonemason, n.|ˈstəʊnˌmeɪs(ə)n|
[f. stone n. + mason n.1]
A workman who shapes and lays stones in building: = mason n.1 1.
stonemason's lung (Path.): cf. stone-cutter's disease (stone-cutter 1).
1758C. Smith Let. 23 Feb. in Lett. to Washington (1899) II. 269 Our Stone Masons has been Sick, Ever Since you have been Away, and our Stone Work is much Behind hand. 1809Lond. Chron. 22 Aug. 181/2 Seven stone-masons were landing a stone in Cumberland-street. 1824Scott St. Ronan's ii, Jock Ashler the stane-mason, that ca's himsell an arkiteck. 1905Rolleston Dis. Liver 185 An analogous form [of hepatic cirrhosis] associated with stonemason's lung-silicosis.
Hence stonemason v., trans. to carve or work as a stonemason; stone-masonry, the art of, or work executed by, a stonemason: = masonry 1, 2.
1859Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 95 One of the balustrades of the destroyed old Rochester bridge has been..presented to me by the contractor..and has been duly *stonemasoned and set up on the lawn.
1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxii, Despite the superior advantage of *stone-masonry. 1897A. Drucker tr. Ihering's Evol. Aryan 110 The difference between timber-work and stone-masonry. |