
1) Carpentry joint 2) Cut a hole for a tenon in 3) Dovetail part 4) French word used in English 5) Hole 6) Hole made by a carpenter 7) Join by a tenon and mortise 8) Joint groove 9) Kind of block 10) Mortice 11) Notch in a rafter 12) Recess for a joint 13) Recess for a secretary 14) Tenon holder 15) Tenon receiver
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1) Mortice
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hole or recess made in wood to receive a tenon
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• (v. t.) To cut or make a mortisein. • (v. t.) To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder. • (n.) A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon.
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A slot cut into a board, plank, or timber, usually edgewise, to receive tenon of another board, plank, or timber to form a joint.
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A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon. Mortise and tenon, made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; used adjectively. Mortise joint, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. Mortise lock. See Lock. Mortise wheel...
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A slot or rectangular cavity cut into a piece of wood to receive another part.
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Mor'tise noun [ French
mortaise ; confer Spanish
mortaja , Arabic
murtazz fixed, or W.
mortais , Ir.
mortis ,
moirtis , Gael.
moirteis .] A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to...
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Mor'tise transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mortised ;
present participle & verbal noun Mortising .]
1. To cut or make a mortise in.
2. To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to
mortise a beam in...
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- A slot cut into a board, plank, or timber, usually edgewise, to receive the tenon (or tongue) of another board, plank, or timber to form a joint.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: mōr′tēs Definitions: 1. The seating for the talus formed by the union of the distal fibula and the tibia at the ankle joint.
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[
n] - a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint 2. [v] - cut a mortise in
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mortice noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
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A slot cut into a board, plank, or timber, usually edgewise, to receive the tenon (or tongue) of ano
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A slot cut into a board, plank, or timber, usually edgewise, to receive the tenon (or tongue) of another board, plank, or timber to form a joint.
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