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Mortise   Listen
verb
Mortise  v. t.  (past & past part. mortised; pres. part. 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.





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"Mortise" Quotes from Famous Books



... top board of his fence green, he wanted it "to kind of corroborate with his blinds." He's the same man who went to Washington about the time of the Guiteau trial, and said he was present at the "post mortise" examination. But the funniest thing of all, he said, was to see Dr. Mary Walker riding one of these "philosophers" around ...
— Remarks • Bill Nye
... Used. Depth of Mortises. Rule for Mortises. True Mortise Work. Steps in Cutting Mortises. Things to Avoid in Mortising. Lap-and-Butt Joints. Scarfing. The Tongue and Groove. Beading. Ornamental Bead Finish. The Bead and Rabbet. Shading with ...
— Carpentry for Boys • J. S. Zerbe


Words linked to "Mortise" :   mortise-and-tenon joint, cut, bring together, mortice, hole, mortise joint


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