What is "mason"

Mason \Ma"son\, n. [F. ma[,c]on, LL. macio, machio, mattio, mactio, marcio, macerio; of uncertain origin.]

1. One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes.

2. A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.

   Mason bee (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of solitary bees of the genus Osmia. They construct curious nests of hardened mud and sand.

   Mason moth (Zo["o]l.), any moth whose larva constructs an earthen cocoon under the soil.

   Mason shell (Zo["o]l.), a marine univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it cements other shells and pebbles upon its own shell; a carrier shell.

   Mason wasp (Zo["o]l.), any wasp that constructs its nest, or brood cells, of hardened mud. The female fills the cells with insects or spiders, paralyzed by a sting, and thus provides food for its larv[ae]

Mason \Ma"son\, v. t. To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.

c.1200, "stoneworker" (as a surname, early 12c.), from Old French masson, maçon "stone mason" (Old North French machun), probaby from Frankish *makjo or some other Germanic source (compare Old High German steinmezzo "stone mason," Modern German Steinmetz, second element related to mahhon "to make;" see make (v.)). But it also might be from, or influenced by, Medieval Latin machio, matio (7c.) which is said by Isidore to be derived from machina (see machine). The medieval word also might be from the root of Latin maceria "wall." Meaning "a Freemason" is attested from early 15c. in Anglo-French.

n. 1 One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes. 2 A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason. vb. (context transitive English) To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.

Mason may refer to:

Mason is the remains of a lunar crater that lies in the northeastern part of the Moon. It is nearly attached to the eastern rim of the flooded crater Plana, and southeast of Bürg. Along the northern rim of Mason is the southern edge of the Lacus Mortis, a small lunar mare. To the south is the larger Lacus Somniorum.

This is a heavily eroded crater formation that is somewhat irregular in shape, being longer in the east–west direction. The rim is an uneven, disintegrated ring of ridges that have merged with the rough terrain to the south and east. There are clefts or valleys in the western rim that reach the eastern rim of Plana. The interior floor has been resurfaced by lava, and forms a nearly level basin within the rim. The small crater Mason A lies in the northwest part of the floor.

The crater is named after the English astronomer Charles Mason.

MASON is a multi-agent simulation environment developed in Java.

Mason is a traditionally masculine given name, although recently the name has been used for either sex. Its origin is from the occupational surname Mason, which means "one who works with stone".

The popularity of the given name has risen in recent years, becoming the second most popular boy's name in the United States in 2011.

Mason was a rock band from Virginia. They released one album called Harbour. The band was formed in 1968 and broke up in 1974. Their songs included: "Let It Burn", "Tell Me", "Electric Sox and All", "Golden Sails", "Travelin'", "Harbour", "Goin' Home", "Charlotte", "Carry Me Home" and "One More Drink".

The album Livin' on the Edge was released on Elektra Records and the album You Were Supposed to Be Beautiful was released on Victory Records.

Mason, also known as Sam No, is an American pornographic film director.

Mason is an occupational surname that refers to someone who did stonemasonry work, or it came from the first-name Maso, which is the short form of the personal name Tommaso. The name Tommaso, or Thomas, is itself derived from the Aramic "toma" which means " twin". It is of Italian, French, Scottish, English or Irish origin.

In England, the name was first found on the Isle of Thanet, and in Italy, in Piedmont. Notable people with the surname include:

HTML::Mason, or Mason for short, is a web application framework written in Perl. It is distributed on CPAN.

Its features make it a suitable backend for high-load sites serving dynamic content, such as online newspapers or database-driven e-commerce sites. Several popular web sites including Amazon.com and Delicious are or were powered by Mason. An extensive list of sites using Mason can be found at Mason HQ.

The general style of Mason is similar to StoryServer or even PHP, but Mason uses Perl as its control language, and as such can use almost any CPAN module.

Mason can be used with Apache HTTP Server via mod_perl – for which Mason provides its own handler, HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler. It also has support for Common Gateway Interface (CGI), and can therefore run on any CGI-enabled web server.

Mason is the stage name of the Dutch music DJ & producer Iason Chronis (born 17 January 1980). He had a number one on the UK Dance Chart in 2007 with his track Exceeder. Exceeder had originally been an instrumental and had received a vinyl only release in the UK in 2006. The new version of the track, Perfect (Exceeder) featured vocals from Princess Superstar and reached number 3 on the national British chart in January 2007. The number was a big hit in many countries worldwide. He also had popchart success in the Netherlands and Belgium with his song 'Runaway', which was a modern version of Runaway by Eruption, and with Boadicea, featuring Roisin Murphy.

Mason has released music on numerous electronic music labels, such as Great Stuff Recordings, and Fool's Gold Records, and remixed artists such as Moby, Jack Garrett, Steve Aoki, Hadouken, Don Diablo, Mat Zo, 2Unlimited, Mylo, Worthy, Tommy Trash, Martin Solveig, Robyn and Gabriella Cilmi. In 2008 Mason launched his own label 'Animal Language'. In 2011 he released his debut album 'They Are Among Us', which featured collaborations with Roisin Murphy, DMC, Sam Sparro, Kurtis Blow and Aqualung. In 2014 the second Mason album 'ZOA' was released, featuring Jocelyn Brown, Zoot Woman, Rouge Mary ( Hercules & Love Affair) and many other feature artists.

In 2015 'Papapapa' on Loulou Records reached a number 1 position on Beatport. In the same year Mason released his Nite Rite series, a collection of numbered Nite Rites, released on each full moon. Nite Rite Ten featured Danielle Moore from the UK indie band Crazy P on vocals. In 2015 he also collaborated on releases with German house acts Moonbootica and Sharam Jey. He also remixed fellow Dutch acts Kraak & Smaak, Janne Schra and Arling & Cameron this year.

In 2016 Mason got signed to Island Records, and is working on material with US hiphop artist Azealia Banks. He also mixed and compiled the Toolroom Miami Poolside album, which was released on Toolroom Records.