1 She presents the curious anomaly of the most solid masonry joining with oak and hemp in constituting the completed ship.
2 The foundation does not penetrate the deck, but the masonry is firmly secured to the surface by ponderous knees of iron bracing it on all sides, and screwing it down to the timbers.
3 Removing the fire-board from the front of the try-works, the bare masonry of that side is exposed, penetrated by the two iron mouths of the furnaces, directly underneath the pots.
4 They mostly lie like the great knobbed blocks on a Gothic spire, forming solid courses of heavy masonry.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale's Skeleton. 5 Meanwhile, others of the ship's company were tumultuously busy at the masonry of the try-works, from which the huge pots had been removed.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor. 6 Then with his lens he tested the hinges, but they were of solid iron, built firmly into the massive masonry.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND 7 Outside was a considerable yard full of monumental masonry.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS 8 It blundered against a block of granite, staggered aside, and in a moment was hidden in a black shadow beneath another pile of ruined masonry.
9 I descended, minding carefully where I went, for the stairs were dark, being only lit by loopholes in the heavy masonry.