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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 733 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ASHLAR , also written ASHLER, ASHELERE, &c. (probably from See also:

Lat. axilla, diminutive of See also:axis, an a5de), hewn or squared See also:stone, generally applied to that used' for facing walls. In a See also:contract of date 1398 we read—" Murus Brit exterius de puro lapide vocato achilar, See also:plane incisso, interius vero de lapide fracto vocato roghwail. Clene hewen ashler " often occurs in See also:medieval documentg; this no doubt means tooled or finely worked, in contradistinction to rough-axed faces. An " ashlar piece " in See also:building is an upright piece of See also:timber framed between the See also:common rafters and the See also:wall See also:plate.

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