单词 | masoning |
释义 | masoningn.1 The action of cutting and dressing stone; the work of a mason. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] mason-craft1412 masonry?a1425 cementary1586 masoning1678 stonework1793 stoning1797 stone-masonry1818 stone-working1875 1678 St. Paul's Cathedral Building Accts. Sept. in Wren Soc. (1936) 13 108 Ffor Sawing Masoning & Setting of one Table and its Mouldings..of old gray Marble. 1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India ii. 44 Masoning is what they understand least of. 1895 Wales Mar. 135/2 Stone-cutting meant cutting inscriptions on headstones,—of course it included the masoning of the stones. 1980 D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin xviii. 181 In the high noon of his masoning days. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † masoningn.2 slang. Obsolete. The fraudulent acquisition of goods by giving a bill with no intention of honouring it. ΚΠ 1753 Discov. J. Poulter (ed. 2) 24 This is call'd in the Cant, Masoning, that is, giving your Notes for Money, and never designing to pay it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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