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Webster 1913 Edition
Mortar
Mor′tar
,Noun.
1.
A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.
2.
[F.
mortier
, fr. L. mortarium
mortar (for trituarating).] (Mil.)
A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45°, and even higher; – so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.
Mortar bed
(Mil.)
, a framework of wood and iron, suitably hollowed out to receive the breech and trunnions of a mortar.
– Mortar boat
or
Mortar vessel
(Naut.)
, a boat strongly built and adapted to carrying a mortar or mortars for bombarding; a bomb ketch.
– Mortar piece
, a mortar.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Mor′tar
,Noun.
[OE.
mortier
, F. mortier
, L. mortarium
mortar, a large basin or trough in which mortar is made, a mortar (in sense 1, above). See 1st Mortar
.] (Arch.)
A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; – used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways.
Mortar bed
, a shallow box or receptacle in which mortar is mixed.
Mor′tar
,Verb.
T.
To plaster or make fast with mortar.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mortar
MOR'TAR
,Noun.
1.
A vessel of wood or metal in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or bruised with a pestle.2.
A short piece of ordnance, thick and wide, used for throwing bombs, carcasses,shells, &c.; so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.MOR'TAR
,Noun.
Mort d'ancestor. In law, a writ of assize, by which a demandant recovers possession of an estate from which he has been ousted, on the death of his ancestor.