skirrett

Example Sentences

• "In the lecture on the third degree, according to the English work, the following is adopted: “I now present to you the working tools of a Master Mason, which are the Skirrett, Pencil and Compasses...""
• "The tools of the Master Mason are the Pencil, the Skirrett, and the Compasses. The Pencil is an action tool that symbolizes the use of creative thought. The Skirrett is a tool that constrains the pencil and can symbolize understanding, but also can mean tradition or knowledge that acts as a restraint on action. The Compasses are used to measure in all drafting and for the formation of many geometrical shapes."
• "The working tools of the different degrees are in threes: the Apprentices' tools are the gavel, the chisel, and the twenty-four-inch gauge; the Fellowcraft's tools are the square, the level, and the plumb-rule; and the Master Mason's are the pencil, the skirrett, and the compasses."
• "The famous nurserymen, Louden and Wise, did not consider the potato as worthy of notice in their Complete Gardener, published in 1749 ; and Bradley, who about the same time wrote so extensively on horticultural subjects, speaks of them as inferior to skirretts and radishes."
• "About the orchards here and the beds of asparagus, peas, endive, skirrett, and the rest of the vegetables grown for the London market, lies ever an abiding sense of peace;"
• "Beer made of barley and herbs, lupin and skirrett for hops, was largely consumed in Egypt ; and thence introduced into Palestine."