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rock-faced.
1. Quarry-faced ashlar with a dressed projecting rough face, as though recently taken from the quarry, also called cyclopean masonry or rock-faced rustication.
2. Used erroneously for rock-work.
1. Quarry-faced ashlar with a dressed projecting rough face, as though recently taken from the quarry, also called cyclopean masonry or rock-faced rustication.
2. Used erroneously for rock-work.
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