| A | B |
| jack arch | skewed brick over window |
| jack over jack | stack bond |
| lintel | spans masonry opening |
| parging | 1/4" covering of mud |
| pier | free standing column |
| pilaster | attached column |
| hard to the line | bumping the line |
| crowding the line | too close to the line |
| deadman | speed pole |
| efflorescence | soluable salts |
| frog | solid brick with inset |
| sailor | brick standing on end with wide side showing |
| soldier | brick layed on end with the narrow side showing |
| shiner | brick layed on side with wide side showing |
| soffit | exposed underside of an arch |
| stretcher | brick layed in running bond |
| toothing | bonded opening in masonry wall |
| header | brick layed with end showing and covering two wythes of masonry |
| anchor bolts | used to attach foundation to floor system |
| backing up | laying brick or block behind a veneered wall |