Helen Fenton

Ashler: Definition and part of speech

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Ashler

  1. n. In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick.
  2. n. Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ashlering: Definition and part of speech

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Ashlering

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

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ashore: Definition and part of speech

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Ashore

  1. adv. On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); — sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ashtoreth: Definition and part of speech

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Ashtoreth

  1. n. The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.