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   mason

   /ˈmeɪsn/

   noun

   • 1. a person skilled in cutting, dressing, and laying stone in buildings: "the chief mason at Westminster Abbey"
   • 2. a Freemason: "a Mason's handshake"

   verb

   • 1. build from or strengthen with stone: "the other building was masoned up out of hewn limestone"
   • ▪ cut or dress (stone): "one course of massive stones, roughly masoned"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French masson (noun), maçonner (verb), probably of Germanic origin; perhaps related to make.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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