stonewright

English

Etymology

From Old English stanwyrhta (“mason”). Equivalent to stone +‎ wright.

Noun

stonewright (plural stonewrights)

  1. (rare) mason
    • 2023 November 30, Michael Tinker Pearce, Linda Pearce, Diaries of a Dwarven Rifleman‎, Untreed Reads, →ISBN:
      By then the stonewright had marked two positions in chalk with the depths written next to them.
    • 2023 November 30, Linda Pearce, Michael Tinker Pearce, Lord of the North‎, Untreed Reads, →ISBN:
      Ageyra was a stonewright, and while her eyes drifted lazily over the street , other , subtler senses spread into the stone around her.
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