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This the Stone Terms dictionary. You may find the meanings of some stone related words and phrases.
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Range : A course of any thickness that is continued across the entire face. All range courses need not be of the same thickness.
Recess : a sinkages in a wall plane.
Reglet : a narrow, flat moulding of rectangular profile.
Relief or relieve : Ornament in relief. The ornament or figure can be slightly, half, or greatly projected.
Relieving arch : one built over a lintel, flat arch or smaller arch to divert loads, thus relieving the lower member for excessive loading. Also known as discharging or safety arch.
Return : the right angle turn of a moulding.
Return head : stone facing with the finish appearing on both the face and the edge of the same stone, as on the corner of a building.
Reveal : the depth of stone between its outer face and a window or door set in an opening.
Ribbon : narrow bands of rock differing to various degrees in chemical composition and colour from the main body of the slate or stone; in other words, bands.
Rift : the most pronounced (see "grain") direction of splitting or cleavage of stone. Rift and grain may be obscure, as in some granites, but are important in both quarrying and processing.
Rip rap : irregularly shaped stones used for facing bridge abutments and fills; stones thrown together without order to form a foundation or sustaining walls.
Rise : the heights of tones, generally used in reference to veneer stone.
Rock : an integral part of the earth’s crust composed of an aggregate of grains of one or more minerals. (Stone is the commercial term applied to quarry products.)
Rock (pitch) face : similar to split face, except that the face of the stone is pitched to a given line and plane producing a bold appearance rather than the comparatively straight face obtained in split face.
Rodding : reinforcement of a structurally unsound marble by cementing reinforcing rods into grooves or channels cut into the back of slab.
Roman Arch : semi-circular arch.
Rose window : a circular tone window fitted with carved tracery.
Rough sawn : a marble surface finish accomplished by the gangsawing process.
Rubbed finish : mechanically rubbed for smoother finish.
Rubble : a product term applied to dimension stone used for building purposes, chiefly walls and foundations, and consisting of irregularly shaped pieces, partly trimmed or squared, generally with one split or finished face, and selected and specified with a size range.
Rustication : chamfers or square singings round the face edges of individual stones to create shadows and to give an appearance of greater weight to the lower part of the building. When only the horizontal joints are sunk, the device is known as banded rustication.
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