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What (who) is Mortise - definition
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Mortice; Mortise (disambiguation)
mortise
['m?:t?s]
(also mortice)
¦ noun a hole or recess designed to receive a corresponding projection (a tenon) so as to join or lock two parts together.
¦ verb join securely by means of a mortise and tenon.
?[often as adjective mortised] cut a mortise in or through.
Derivatives
mortiser noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. mortaise.
Mortise
·vt To cut or make a mortisein.
II. Mortise ·vt To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder.
III. Mortise ·noun 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.
mortice
¦ noun & verb variant spelling of mortise.
Wikipedia
Mortise
Mortise or mortice may refer to:
- Mortise and tenon, a woodworking joint
- Ankle mortise, part of the distal tibia joining the talus bone to form an ankle joint
- Mortise chisel, a type of chisel
- Mortice lock, a lock with a bolt set within the door frame, rather than attached externally
