Stereotomy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stereotomy \Ste`re*ot"o*my\, n. [Stereo- + Gr. ? to cut: cf. F.
     st['e]r['e]otomie.]
     The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or
     sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of
     stonecutting.
     [1913 Webster]