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ashlaring

[ash-ler-ing]

noun

ashlar (def. 1b).

Origin:
1725–35; ashlar + -ing¹

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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noun

Masonry.

a squared building stone cut more or less true on all faces adjacent to those of other stones so as to permit very thin mortar joints.

such stones collectively.

masonry made of them.

Carpentry. a short stud between joists and sloping rafters, especially near the eaves.

verb (used with object)

to face with ashlars.

Also, ash·ler.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English ascheler < Middle French aissel(i)er < Latin axillāris, equivalent to axill(a) (axis board, plank, axis + -illa diminutive suffix) + -āris -ar¹; compare -ar²

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ashlaring (ˈæʃlərɪŋ)

—n
1.	ashlars collectively
2.	a number of short upright boards forming the wall of a garret, cutting off the acute angle between the rafters and the floor

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