corner-stone.

A stone running through a wall from one side to the other and having two smooth vertical faces; a stone squared or dressed for this purpose. Also…

A corner-stone of a wall or building; also, one of the wedge-shaped stones of an arch. Now usually quoin, n.; cf. coign, n. 2. Hence coin-stone n. Obs…

A corner-stone of a wall or building; also, one of the wedge-shaped stones of an arch. Now usually quoin, n.; cf. coign, n. 2. Hence coin-stone n. Obs…

A cornerstone; a quoin. Also figurative.

= parpen, n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

One of the stones forming the quoin or salient angle of a wall, a quoin-stone.

= coin, n. 1 or 2: Corner or corner-stone.

Architecture. One of a series of stones or bricks forming a projecting course for the attachment of an additional structure. Cf. tush, n.1 3 and too…

Building. Originally: an external angle of a wall; an outer corner of a building. Subsequently also: any of the stones or bricks serving to form…

Architecture (chiefly Scottish). A coping stone; (also) stone used for coping. Cf. tabling, n. 1. Obsolete.

Stone or brickwork forming the quoin of a wall or building; a piece of such stone or brickwork. Also: the manner in which this is laid. Cf. quoin, n.…

The top or head stone of a building; almost always figurative the crown, completion, finishing touch.

A foundation stone. Chiefly Scottish and figurative.

a course of bondstones in a wall: see bond-stone n. at bond, n.1 compounds 2.

A corner or cornerstone; = quoin, n. 1.

= parpen, n. 1. Also: a coping stone.

? A stone placed horizontally. (But cf. wheeler, n. 10.)

A stone which caps or crowns. Coping-stone, coping.

Bricklaying. A brick or stone laid so that the end shows in the face of the wall, usually with the longest edge of the end running horizontally…

A stone or brick extending through the breadth of a wall (now esp. a drystone wall) to bind or strengthen it, and often projecting on either side…

any of the stones used to form a quoin; a cornerstone.

Something laid lengthways. Building. A brick or stone laid with its length in the direction of the wall. Also Fortification, a sod laid in a…

Building. A stone or brick of smaller size than the rest, used to close or end a wall, or course of brickwork. king closer, queen closer: see quot…

a large heavy stone used as the foundation and support of girders, etc. in building; also, the lower stone in an oil-mill, on which the runners roll.

coping-brick n. a brick used for a coping. coping saw n. Joinery a type of fretsaw with a swivel-blade, used for cutting curved patterns in wood. See…

In masonry (see quots.). Obsolete. A bondstone.

Architecture. The foundation stone, or lowest supporting stone, of a building or structure.

= header brick n. at header, n. compounds.

(See quot. 1736.)

the hole into which a lewis is fitted.

Each of the two stones adjacent to the keystone of an arch. Obsolete.

The chief or most important foundation stone; (also) a topmost stone; a capstone, keystone, or capital. Frequently figurative and in figurative…

= pawl-stone n. at compounds. Obsolete. rare.

a stone placed with its greatest length across a wall, serving as a tie to hold the face to the interior.

One of the stones forming the coping of a wall.

(See quots.)

Chiefly Scottish. A throughband stone, piece of turf, etc.

A stone or brick extending through the breadth of a wall (now esp. a drystone wall) to bind or strengthen it, and often projecting on either side; a…

a bond (see bond, n.1 13a) in which stretchers only (and not headers) are used.

spec. Architecture. The interior part of a wall or column (in this sense formerly often choar).

Building. A stone placed transversely so as to connect the inner and outer layers of a wall; = bond-stone n. at bond, n.1 compounds 2. rare.

see quot.

a stone set in the position of a stretcher.

a brick or stone laid with its end showing in the face of the wall; cf. sense 5a.

Occasionally used in the following senses, where quoin, n. is the ordinary modern spelling. A corner-stone; a projecting corner or angle of a…

a stone placed at the base of a pillar, wall, etc., to protect it from damage by carriage wheels.

A stone laid on the surface of the ground as part of the foundation of a slight building.

Building. A binding stone or brick; (see quot. 1845).

(a) a standing stone, a menhir; †(b) a foundation stone or cornerstone (obsolete).

(see 10a).

attributive and in other combinations, as toothing-course, toothing-stone (see 2b).

= bonder, n.1

= parpen, n. 1.

Applied to various tools or contrivances having a jumping motion. Masonry. = through-stone, n.2

Architecture. (See quot. 1905 and cf. tuss, n.)

a block of stone, concrete, etc., built into a wall or other structure to distribute pressure.