stone setting

Isaac Kremer/ January 14, 2018/ / 0 comments

The art and practice of putting into permanent place the stones prepared for building, including the preparation and spreading of mortar, if used, the laying of lead joints where needed (as between bases and shafts, or shafts and capitals), and the exact turning of arches made up of wedge-shaped solids (see voussoir), and similar work. (Sturgis, 1900)

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