Bluestone

The Bluestone River is a tributary of the New River, 77 mi long, in southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the New, Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it ...

bed

Building materials; Stone

1. In granites or marbles, a layer or sheet of the rock mass that is horizontal, commonly curved and lenticular, as developed by fractures. Sometimes applied also to the surface ...

splay

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A beveled or slanted surface.

wall tie

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A bonder or metal piece which connects wythes of masonry to each other or to other materials.

oolitic limestone

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A calcite-cemented calcareous stone formed of shells and shell fragments, practically non-crystalline in character. It is found in massive deposits located almost entirely in ...

aedicule

Building materials; Stone

A canopied niche framed by colonettes, resembling a temple and intended as a shrine or votive offering; a doorway or window flanked by a pair of columns and topped by a pediment.

boss

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A carved stone positioned at the apex of a ribbed vault.

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victim blaming

When the victim of a crime is told that they are in some way responsible for their situation. This generally happens very subtly, to the point where ...