mason's

Each stone was set in place by human hands and rested on a bed of mortar spread with a mason's trowel.

A Local Life: Peter 'Billy' Cleland, 88; master stonemason 2010

For a span of a little over a month, Richard had found work in Tanimura as a mason's tender, one of a dozen, hauling stone and mixing mortar for a squat, unattractive building.

Men Don't Leave Me 2010

I know of many mason's, quarryman's and builder's houses that have been very keenly constructed to demonstrate, advertise, show off and generally make a fuss of their respective trades - can't think of a snappy title.

Concrete Evidence Peter Ashley 2008

And then, munching on our olives and macadamia nuts, we imagined the mason's wife coming into his workshop to admire her husband's efforts ... and spotting the backwards N ... all the Ns, in fact.

How a clumsy Italian stonemason brought home the sorrows of war 2010

Power tools were no more intriguing here than at Home Depot, but catching my gaze were an old handsaw, a wrench, and a set of mason's plumb line, tools of the trade transcending more than the need for ready cash.

Mexico's Monte De Piedad - More Than Household Finance 2007

Power tools were no more intriguing here than at Home Depot, but catching my gaze were an old handsaw, a wrench, and a set of mason's plumb line, tools of the trade transcending more than the need for ready cash.

Mexico's Monte De Piedad - More Than Household Finance 2007

The plot of the historical section is centred around a master mason's struggle to build an architecturally-revolutionary new college; the contemporary narrative centres on that college's efforts to resist takeover by a brash younger rival.

Archive 2008-02-01 Tim Stretton 2008

The plot of the historical section is centred around a master mason's struggle to build an architecturally-revolutionary new college; the contemporary narrative centres on that college's efforts to resist takeover by a brash younger rival.

:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2008

I have been working as a stone mason's apprentice for a few months now ... necessity, more than anything else.

Stan Goff: The Obscenity (and the Moratorium) 2008

A mason's wagon smashed it, and it is being repaired.

Soarer's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006