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Mortise
Mor′tise
,Noun.
[F.
mortaise
; cf. Sp. mortaja
, Ar. 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 fit it, and called a
tenon
. Mortise and tenon
(Carp.)
, 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 under
– Lock
. Mortise wheel
, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge; – also called
mortise gear
, and core gear
.Mor′tise
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Mortised
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mortising
.] 1.
To cut or make a mortise in.
2.
To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise;
as, to
. mortise
a beam into a post, or a joist into a girderWebster 1828 Edition
Mortise
MORTISE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
mortise
mortise
English
Alternative forms
Noun
mortise (plural mortises)
See also
- mortise-and-tenon joint
- mortise gear
- mortise lock
- mortise wheel
Translations
a hole for a tenon
Verb
mortise (third-person singular simple present mortises, present participle mortising, simple past and past participle mortised)
- (woodworking) To make a mortise.
- (typography) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern.