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What (who) is tuck-point - definition

AUSTRALIAN WRITER
Donald Tuck; Donald Henry Tuck; Don Tuck

tuck-point      
¦ verb point (brickwork) with coloured mortar so as to have a narrow groove which is filled with fine white lime putty allowed to project slightly.
Tuck pointing         
  • Brickwork of [[10 Downing Street]], showing fine white fillets in carefully matched dark mortar
  • Here red mortar is used. The white fillets are laid out at regular spacing, which does not always coincide with the rough spacing of the joints.
THE FINISHING OF JOINTS ALONG THE CENTER LINES WITH A NARROW RIDGE OF PUTTY OR FINE LIME MORTAR.
Tuck pointing; Tuck pointers; Tuck joint pointing; Tuck-and-pat pointing; Tuck pointer
·add. ·- The finishing of joints along the center lines with a narrow ridge of putty or fine lime mortar.
William Hallam Tuck         
MARYLAND ATTORNEY AND JUDGE FROM A HISTORICALLY PROMINENT ANNAPOLIS FAMLIY (1808-1884)
Draft:William Hallam Tuck; William H. Tuck
William Hallam Tuck (November 20, 1808 – March 17, 1884) was a lawyer, judge and banker who served as a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1851 to 1861.

Wikipedia

Donald H. Tuck

Donald Henry Tuck (3 December 1922 – 11 October 2010) was an Australian bibliographer of science fiction, fantasy and weird fiction. His works were "among the most extensive produced since the pioneering work of Everett F. Bleiler."