Definition of "ashlars" [ashlars]

• Plural form of ashlar. (noun)

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• "Elements being the _designs_ of the great Architect upon which each structure has been built; and these completed designs again are used and become the "ashlars" of the higher forms of plant and animal structure."
• "Layers and blocks of distinct substances were plain to see, like separate ashlars laid by an elvish mason-where they were not so huge that a giant must have been at work."
• "Some of these were furnished with ashlars and more elaborate architectural fragments (columns, benches, doorlintels, …)."