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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



... removed for the carpenter to examine the damage from the interior of the ship, Curtis employed the interval in having the broken mizzen-mast repaired. Dowlas the carpenter, with con- siderable skill, contrived to mortise it into its former stump. and made the junction thoroughly secure by strong iron- belts and bolts. The shrouds, the stays and backstays, were then carefully refitted, some of the sails were changed, and the whole ...
— The Survivors of the Chancellor • Jules Verne


Words linked to "Mortise" :   bring together, cut, mortice, join


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