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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.

Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.

Brande & C.

(Carp.)

The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See

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Noun.

Quartering for lathing to, in garrets, two or three feet high, perpendicular to the floor, and reaching to the under side of the rafters.

ashlering ‎(plural ashlerings)