mortise, mortice
(noun) a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
mortice, mortise
(verb) join by a tenon and mortise
mortise, mortice
(verb) cut a hole for a tenon in
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mortice (plural mortices)
(woodworking) Alternative spelling of mortise
mortice (third-person singular simple present mortices, present participle morticing, simple past and past participle morticed)
(woodworking) Alternative spelling of mortise
• Merotic
Source: Wiktionary
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
