mortar the wall.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

I note he used the term mortar, rather than howitzer, but the implication is certainly the same.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1] Reference

The mortar is not placed properly thus there is no strength!!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cinder block vs brick] Reference

Home of manifold ills; old house whence the mortar is dropping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Psalms of the Sisters] Reference

The mortar is not the right consistency and they do not use enough.    From Wordnik.com.  [I actually miss my building inspectors] Reference

Just to get the money to put together the bricks and the mortar is not enough.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Concert Hall as an Artistic Instrument] Reference

The model mortar is the most distant object in the group, which consists of seven ranks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers] Reference

The most important part of the mortar is the sand.    From Wordnik.com.  [5. Design of biogas plants] Reference

If the mortar was his only enemy, he would have won easily.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mad Ship]

          The cough of the mortar was a grotesque echo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two in Time]

Stamped into the mortar were the unbroken seals of the royal necropolis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Curse of the Pharaohs]

The mortar is the earliest of all forms of cannon, and was in use in Europe in 1435.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2)] Reference

The modern Democratic Party may be the first in which the mortar is a shared sensibility.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Roots of Liberal Condescension] Reference

I made wars, I devastated countries, I built palaces, and the mortar was the blood of men.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories] Reference

These inscriptions had been invisible, hidden from view, while the bricks had been set in mortar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Did You Know? Mayan pyramid in Tabasco, Mexico, has possible Roman links] Reference

And it's not something that can't be fixed with brick and mortar, which is certainly the good news.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2005] Reference

The spokesman for the peacekeeping mission called the mortar strike a "lucky hit" for the insurgents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Somali Government Denies Ethiopia Sent Troops into Somalia] Reference

It is so difficult to hurt anyone actually in trenches; I think a mortar is the only thing that can do so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters from France] Reference

As a rule two or three women each use their pestles at one mortar, which is cut out of the trunk of a tree.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children of Borneo] Reference

The women bring water, clay, and earth, and mix a mud mortar, which is used sparingly between the layers of stone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi] Reference

· In the short fibre method, the chopped fibres are mixed with the mortar, which is easy to handle as a homogeneous mass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

Its color and texture are meant to recall the mortar with which the Israelite bonded bricks when they were enslaved in Ancient Egypt.    From Wordnik.com.  [BC Bloggers]

Anonymous WAHH you really know something about "mortar"!.    From Wordnik.com.  [FEMALE BLOG READERS ARE BETTER THAN THE MALES] Reference

~ -- In this class of coatings the alum and soap are added to the mortar which is used for facing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference

The nib mold is filled with mortar which is then tightly connected to the tile by another short vibration.    From Wordnik.com.  [3. Production process] Reference

Bricks with frogs or large perforations should be bedded in mortar which is allowed to set prior to testing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference

The FCR elements are made of mortar which is a mixture of sand, cement, water and - natural or artificial - fibres.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

ACtually, the "mortar" looks like a dud rocket that has stuck in the structure; the 3 fins on the end are not what a mortar has.    From Wordnik.com.  [Faked mortar attack on the Humanities Building.] Reference

The term "mortar" is collectively used to refer to bonding mortar in masonry, interior plasters and external renderings of buildings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

They have been meeting the kind of resistance such as mortar fire, IEDs and such, but not much face-to-face combat with Hamas militants.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2009] Reference

These bind together to make the "mortar" that holds the keratinocytes ( "the bricks") together.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

In 1572 Valturus proposed to throw, with a kind of mortar, "globes of copper filled with powder.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars.] Reference