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De - Pt| English Dictionary: tenon | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tenon \Ten"on\, n. [F., fr. tenir to hold. See {Tenable}.] (Carp. & Join.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. {Tooth}, {Tusk}. {Tenon saw}, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. [Corruptly written {tenant saw}.] --Gwilt. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tenon \Ten"on\, v. t. To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber. | |
