a fabric erected by art, either for devotion, magnificence, or conveniency.

Building is also used for the art of constructing and raising an edifice; in which sense it comprehends as well the expenses as the invention and execution of the design.

As for the materials of buildings, they are either stone, as marble, freestone, brick for the walls, mortar, &c. or of wood, as fir, cypresses, cedars for pillars of upright uses, oak for summers, beams, and crop-work, or for joining and connection. See ARCHITECTURE.

Building of Ships. See SHIP-BUILDING.