All 6 Uses of
masonry
in
Moby Dick
- To the student of old Roman walls, the middle layer will furnish a curious parallel to the thin course of tiles always alternating with the stone in those wonderful relics of the antique, and which undoubtedly contribute so much to the great strength of the masonry.†
Chpt 85-87
- She presents the curious anomaly of the most solid masonry joining with oak and hemp in constituting the completed ship.†
Chpt 94-96 *
- The foundation does not penetrate the deck, but the masonry is firmly secured to the surface by ponderous knees of iron bracing it on all sides, and screwing it down to the timbers.†
Chpt 94-96
- Removing the fire-board from the front of the try-works, the bare masonry of that side is exposed, penetrated by the two iron mouths of the furnaces, directly underneath the pots.†
Chpt 94-96
- They mostly lie like the great knobbed blocks on a Gothic spire, forming solid courses of heavy masonry.†
Chpt 103-105
- Meanwhile, others of the ship's company were tumultuously busy at the masonry of the try-works, from which the huge pots had been removed.†
Chpt 115-117
Definition:
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(masonry) stone or brick parts of a structure such as a building or wall; or the craft of building with such materials