MORTISE
\mˈɔːta͡ɪz], \mˈɔːtaɪz], \m_ˈɔː_t_aɪ_z]\
Definitions of MORTISE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
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join by a tenon and mortise
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cut a hole for a tenon in
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To cut or make a mortisein.
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To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder.
By Oddity Software
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To cut or make a mortisein.
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To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder.
By Noah Webster.
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A hole made in wood through which some corresponding part flts.
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To join, as timbers, by putting a projecting part into a hole made to fit. Also, mortice.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A cavity cut into a piece of timber to receive the tenon, another piece made to fit it.
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To cut a mortise in: to join by a mortise and tenon.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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