Mortise
['mɔːtɪs] or ['mɔrtɪs]
Definition
(noun.) a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint.
(verb.) cut a hole for a tenon in.
Typist: Marion--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To cut or make a mortisein.
(v. t.) To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder.
Typed by Gilda
Definition
n. a cavity cut into a piece of timber to receive the tenon a projection on another piece made to fit it: stability power of adhesion—also Mor′tice.—v.t. to cut a mortise in: to join by a mortise and tenon.
Inputed by Henrietta
Examples
- Brunel’s mortising machine for making ships’ blocks is another early form described in British patent No. 2,478, of 1801. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The self acting mortising machine was among the numerous early contributions of Gen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- His machines, and subsequent improvements by others, for boring, mortising and turning, display wonderful ingenuity. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This great change has been brought about by the sawmill, the planing machine, mortising and boring machines, and the turning lathe. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typist: Sharif