stoneworkn.
/ˈstəʊnwəːk/, U.S. /ˈstoʊnˌwərk/ 1.
a. Work built of stone; masonry.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] > stonework or masonry
stoneworkc1000
masonrya1425
mason-worka1450
mortar1582
stone-masonry1818
c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxvii. 29 He..worhte þa of seolfre ænne heahne stypel on stanweorces gelicnysse.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 81 Vawtes of stoonwerk wonderliche i-wrouȝt.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 698 With spoutis þoruȝ & pipes..From þe ston-werke to þe canel rauȝt.
1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 75 The goodly stoneworke that stode behynde the hye alter.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxiv. i. 241 The scluces or floudgates made of stone worke.
1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 73 All that soft Slutch would be thrown out, and a firm Stone-work put in the Place of it.
1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 165/2 A course of stone work imbedded in cement.
a1894 A. H. Layard Autobiogr. (1903) I. iii. 146 The Lion of St. Mark carved in the stone~work.
b. Artistic work of any kind executed in stone.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > sculptures collectively > kind or quality of > specific
story-work1601
stonework1910
1910 D. G. Hogarth in Encycl. Brit. I. 248/1 The magnificent gold work of the later period..should be compared with stone work in Crete, especially the steatite vases with reliefs found at Hagia Triada.
2.
a. The process of working in stone, as in building; the labour or task of a mason.
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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
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §93 Whether there was any kind of mortar or cement used in the stone-work.
1870 J. L. Aikman Centenary Anderston Church, Glasgow Hist. Sk. 60 The stone-work was let to Mr. Broom, builder.
b. Coal Mining. The work of driving headings through stone or rock: cf. stone-heading n. at stone n. Compounds 2a.
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > for coal > types of
footrill1686
post and stall1793
long way1795
stall-work1811
long-wall1820
pitchwork1858
stoop-and-room1881
stonework1883
strait work1883
stumping1883
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 242 Stone work, driving of drifts or galleries in measures.
3. Printing. Work done on the stone, such as the imposing of formes, etc.
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a1909 T. L. De Vinne Mod. Methods Bk. Composition 306 Correct stone-work depends primarily on properly justified lines and exact make-up.
Derivatives
stone-worker n. a worker in stone; one who shapes or carves stone, as in building or sculpture.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with stone > [noun]
masonc1275
hardhewer1448
masoner1492
Freemason1504
freestone mason1649
stonemason1758
stone-worker1898
stoneman1912
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > sculptor or carver > in or by medium
marbler1307
wood-carver1859
chip carver1888
ivorist1888
stone-worker1898
1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 253 The pulmonary fibrosis of metal-grinders, of stone-workers..and some other trades, is popularly known as consumption.
stone-working n. the process of working in stone (also attributive).
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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
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Stone-working Tools.
1905 A. S. Griffith tr. J. Capart Primitive Art Egypt ii. 50 As a question of stone~working it is astonishing to find primitive man making rings in flint.
stone-works n. (a) an establishment for preparing stone for building, decorative, or other purposes; (b) an establishment for making artificial stone.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with stone > [noun]
stone-works1731
stone-yard1858
1731 W. Halfpenny Perspective made Easy 34 Mr. Allen's Stone-Works, near the City of Bath.
1878 L. Jewitt Ceramic Art I. 163 At the commencement Mr. Ransome had..his stone-works at Ipswich.
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