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Isaac Kremer/ January 14, 2018/ / 0 comments
To dress stone roughly with a short steel bar with one tapering end sharpened to a point, by which its faces are brought to approximately plane surfaces. 2. To fill and finish the surface of a masonry joint with mortar after the masonry has been laid, either to finish the joint or to repair a defective joint. 3. The major idea, essential part, or salient feature of a narrative or concept. 3. A dimensionless geometric element that has no property but location, as the intersection of two lines. (Sturgis, 1900)
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