cast stone


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cast stone

n
(Building) building trades a building component, such as a block or lintel, made from cast concrete with a facing that resembles natural stone
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'How I can reproach you with what is not within my knowledge, or how I can cast stones that were never in my hand, is a problem for the ingenuity of a schoolmaster to prove,' returned Eugene.
And then, when the rigid old Pilgrims eyed her rather in pity than in wrath; when the matrons fed her with the fragments of their children's food, and offered her a lodging on a hard and lowly bed; when no little crowd of schoolboys left their sports to cast stones after the roving enthusiast; then did Catharine return to Pearson's dwelling and made that her home.
A new study from a quarry operator whose signature product clads landmarks no less than The Pentagon and Empire State Building examines distinctions between dimensioned limestone and cast stone fabricated from vibratory dry tamped or wet-cast methods.
Woodbridge, OH, November 18, 2015 --(PR.com)-- For over 30 years, the company has been known for crafting elegant fireplace mantels and other cast stone ornaments.
Sonoma Cast Stone unveiled new additions to its line of concrete wine tanks.
[ClickPress, Fri Mar 16 2012] Add an element of chic to your bathroom with Better Bathrooms' designer collection of solid surface cast stone basins .
More correctly called cast stone but occasionally referred to as art or reconstituted stone.
Now there's a lightweight option for do-it-yourselfers: cast stone boulders from the Artificial Rocks Factory in Oxnard, California.
Spector Group designed a facade of cast stone, brick and glass mesh with irregular windows in a Mondrian-like pattern resulting in a blend of art and architecture bound to attract the rising number of young urbanites moving uptown.