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Webster 1913 Edition


Ashlering

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Ash′lar-ing

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Ash′ler-ing

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Noun.
1.
The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
2.
Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
Brande & C.
3.
(Carp.)
The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See
Ashlar
, 2.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ashlering

ASH'LERING

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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.