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
mortise (plural mortises)
(woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint. [from 14th c.]
Stability; power of adhesion.
mortise (third-person singular simple present mortises, present participle mortising, simple past and past participle mortised)
(transitive, woodworking) To cut a mortise in.
(transitive, woodworking) To join by a mortise and tenon.
(typography) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern.
• erotism, moister, stormie, trisome
Source: Wiktionary
Mor"tise, n. Etym: [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar. murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.]
Definition: 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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
