mortices

For much of my life, I have lived with one behind my ear: either to mark out saw cuts or mortices for carpentry or to scribble marginalia or underlines when reading.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Apart from the oak pegs in the mortices, all the fixings are forged iron nails.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

For much of my life, I have lived with one behind my ear: either to mark out saw cuts or mortices for carpentry or to scribble marginalia or underlines when reading.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Apart from the oak pegs in the mortices, all the fixings are forged iron nails.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

They are made from wood and the pieces appear to be laser cut so that the mortices and tenons fit precisely.

Archive 2009-05-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009

It was evident that every beam quivered in its mortices at the passing of the lightest vehicle.

At the Sign of the Cat and Racket 2007

It was evident that every beam quivered in its mortices at the passing of the lightest vehicle.

At the Sign of the Cat and Racket 2007

Very few nails are used, the timbers being very beautifully joined by mortices and dovetails, other methods of junction being unknown.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

Having adjusted each in its due position, I adzed the upper faces and cut a series of mortices for the studs, which were obtained in the bush — mere thin, straight, dry trees which had succumbed to bush fires.

My Tropic Isle 2003

The saw is then passed through all the guards in the aforesaid range of mortices, the size of the mortice being suited to receive the saw with the teeth pointing forward; observing always that the points of the saw teeth should correspond with the center of the guards.

Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap Various