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  • 111BRICK —    Brick is a form of man made masonry that can be layered to enclose a space or held together with a mortar binder to create a structural support. Brick is made of a mixture of clay and sand, while the mortar is made of sand and a paste. The… …

    Historical Dictionary of Architecture

  • 112Verecker — Recorded in many spelling forms including the dialectals and possibly French forms of Varicke, Verryck, Verrick, Vereckee, Vereycke, Vereker, and the medieval English Warrack, Warick, Warrick and Warwicker. As a surname it can be locational, as… …

    Surnames reference

  • 113Vereker — Recorded in many spelling forms including the dialectals and possibly French forms of Varicke, Verryck, Verrick, Vereckee, Vereycke, Vereker, and the medieval English Warrack, Warick, Warrick and Warwicker. As a surname it can be locational, as… …

    Surnames reference

  • 114Verick — Recorded in many spelling forms including the dialectals and possibly French forms of Varicke, Verryck, Verrick, Vereckee, Vereycke, Vereker, and the medieval English Warrack, Warick, Warrick and Warwicker. As a surname it can be locational, as… …

    Surnames reference

  • 115Verrick — Recorded in many spelling forms including the dialectals and possibly French forms of Varicke, Verryck, Verrick, Vereckee, Vereycke, Vereker, and the medieval English Warrack, Warick, Warrick and Warwicker. As a surname it can be locational, as… …

    Surnames reference

  • 116Warricker — Recorded in many spelling forms including the dialectals and possibly French forms of Varicke, Verryck, Verrick, Vereckee, Vereycke, Vereker, and the medieval English Warrack, Warick, Warrick and Warwicker. As a surname it can be locational, as… …

    Surnames reference

  • 117Wallicker — There are many medieval occupations which gave rise to hereditary surnames, but perhaps none so strange as warrocking . This was a system of scaffolding by which wedges called warrocks were driven into the lashings to tighten up the scaffold.… …

    Surnames reference

  • 118Warwicker — There are many medieval occupations which gave rise to hereditary surnames, but perhaps none so strange as warrocking . This was a system of scaffolding by which wedges called warrocks were driven into the lashings to tighten up the scaffold.… …

    Surnames reference

  • 119Castle fortifications — see Arrow Loop Bailey Barbican Bastion Batter Battlement Berm Cesspit Corbel …

    Medieval glossary

  • 120beam — [n1] length of material used as support axle, bail, balk, bolster, boom, brace, cantilever, column, crossbar, crosspiece, girder, jamb, joist, lath, lintel, pile, piling, pillar, plank, pole, post, prop, rafter, reach, scaffolding, scantling,… …

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