Mortar

Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house.

Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.