Definition of Mortese
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.
Mor"tise, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Mortised (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mortising.] 1. To cut or make a mortise
in.
2. To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise;
as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a
girder.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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