Definitions
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- noun The
art orskill of working instone ;masonry
Etymologies
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From stone + craft.
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Examples
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The place was a wonder of stonecraft, and the marble itself flowed like a tapestry, rose-veined, and gray-streaked, black upon the floor, snowy white stairs marching up to the dais where sat the high seats of all the thanes and the throne of the High King.
The Lioness Berberick, Nancy Varian 2002
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This frieze indeed was admired so unreservedly, so recklessly, that the Good Duke felt it his duty to remove the sculptor's eyes and (on second thoughts) his hands as well, in order that no other sovereign should possess works by so consummate a master of stonecraft.
South Wind Norman Douglas 1910
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