BRICKWORK  , in

building, the term applied to constructions made of bricks . The tools and implements employed by the bricklayer are:—the trowel for spreading the mortar; the plumb-rule to keep the work perpendicular, or in the case of an inclined or battering wall, to a regular batter, for the plumb-rule may be made to suit any required inclination; the spirit-level to keep the work horizontal, often used in conjunction with a straight-edge in order to test a greater length; and the gauge-rod with the brick-courses marked on it . The quoins or angles are first built up with the aid of the gauge-rod, and the intermediate work is kept regular by means of the line and line pins fixed in the joints . The raker, jointer, pointing rule and Frenchman are used in pointing joints, the pointing staff being held on a small board called the hawk . For roughly cutting bricks the large trowel is used; for neater work such as facings, the bolster and club-hammer; the cold chisel is for general cutting away, and for chases and holes . When bricks require to be cut, the work is set out with the square, bevel and compasses . If thebrick to be shaped is a hard one it is placed on a V-shaped cutting block, an incision made. where desired with the tin saw, and after the bolster and club-hammer have removed the portion of the brick, the scutch, really a small axe, is used to hack off the rough parts . For cutting soft bricks, such as rubbers and maims, a frame saw with a blade of soft iron wire is used, and the face is brought to a true surface'on the rubbing stone, a slab of Yorkshire stone . In ordinary practice a scaffold is carried up with the walls and made to rest on them .