Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See mortise.

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  • noun woodworking Alternative spelling of mortise.
  • verb woodworking Alternative spelling of mortise.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb cut a hole for a tenon in
  • noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
  • verb join by a tenon and mortise

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Examples

  • Antony Calvert said ... rigger mortice is totally correct.

    Roy Hattersley in Good Article Shock 2006

  • All should be done neatly, -- in a masterly manner were better -- I file and sandpaper over and over again until I get to my mind what now appears in plates 24 and 25, and you will see the neck end is finished, ready for insertion in the mortice, which is done later when the fingerboard is added.

    Violin Making 'The Strad' Library, No. IX. 1869

  • I am sorry that we are deficient in some of the articles written for by you, namely the mortice Locks Blank Keys and Iron Sash Pullies; -- the balance of the Order however is executed and will be forwarded by first opportunity

    Letters to and from Jefferson, 1823 1823

  • But he seems happy now to provide new mortice locks for the windows and the doors.

    EU referendum Commons vote – live coverage 2011

  • But the fact was, we were already in the safest place we could be, not in a building that could fall in on us, not out toward the middle of the road where bits of falling mortice could brain us.

    May 2008 2008

  • But the fact was, we were already in the safest place we could be, not in a building that could fall in on us, not out toward the middle of the road where bits of falling mortice could brain us.

    Cory Doctorow's Little Brother Released Under CC License 2008

  • The famous bluestones from the Presceli Mountains in Wales show signs of tenons and mortice holes that have been chipped away.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • The famous bluestones from the Presceli Mountains in Wales show signs of tenons and mortice holes that have been chipped away.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • The door was locked and bolted with heavy mortice jobs, top and bottom.

    Neurosurgical Intervention For Beginners 2009

  • I'd disagree with rigger mortice on William Hague - I think he is very definitely electable.

    Michael Howard to Step Down 2006

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