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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.

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