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English Dictionary: mortise	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mortise n a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint Synonym(s): mortise, mortice v cut a hole for a tenon in Synonym(s): mortise, mortice join by a tenon and mortise Synonym(s): mortice, mortise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mortise \Mor"tise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mortising}.] 1. To cut or make a mortisein. 2. To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mortise \Mor"tise\, n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar. murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.] 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. {Mortise and tenon} (Carp.), 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}.