mason

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The gloves given to the candidate for himself are intended to teach him that the acts of a mason should be as pure and spotless as the gloves now given to him.

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  1. noun One who builds or works with stone or brick.
  2. noun A Freemason.
  3. transitive verb To build of or strengthen with masonry.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French maçon, masson, of Germanic origin; see mag- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English mason, masoun, from Old French *mason, maçon, machon, masson, French maçon = Provencal masso, from Middle Latin macio(n-), also machio(n-), macho(n-), maco (n-), mactio(n-), mattio(n-), matio(n-), a mason; prob. of Teutonic origin, from Old High German mezzo, meizo, Middle High German meize, German metz, in comp. as steinmetz, a stone-mason, and as a surname Metz; prob. akin to Old High German meizan, Middle High German meizen = Icelandic meita = Gothic (Moesogothic) maitan, hew, cut: see under ant.
  2. from mason, n.
 

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/ˈmeɪsn/
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