From a collegue:
"Has anyone ever heard the term "splodged" in regard to masonry?
'...brick
with splodged joints...' "

Could it be a mortar joint that purposely oozes out over the face of the
brick, sometimes seen on 1920s textured brick houses to add to the
quaintness factor?  I recall that one of the guys at the Lyndhurst
crafts training program years and years ago referred to it as a "Snots
Joint", but there must be a more refined name.

Mitch


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