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Webster 1913 Edition


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 girder
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mortise

MORTISE

,
Noun.
mor'tis. A cut or hollow place made in timber by the augur and chisel, to receive the tenon of another piece of timber.

Definition 2024


mortise

mortise

English

Alternative forms

Noun

mortise (plural mortises)

  1. (woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint. [from 14th c.]

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Verb

mortise (third-person singular simple present mortises, present participle mortising, simple past and past participle mortised)

  1. (woodworking) To make a mortise.
  2. (typography) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern.

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