Mortise /(?)/
Mor·tise
Mortise
n.
- 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.
Phrases & Compounds
- Mortise and tenon
- 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.
Mortise
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Mortised; p. pr. & vb. n. Mortising
- To cut or make a mortise in.
- To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder.