Definitions for mortises

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mortises mor·tise

Spelling: [mawr-tis]

IPA: /ˈmɔr tɪs/

Mortises is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 365 anagrams from letters in mortises (eimorsst).

Definitions for mortises

noun

1. a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
2. a deep recess cut into wood for any of several other purposes, as for receiving a mortise lock.
3. Printing. a space cut out of a plate, especially for the insertion of type or another plate.

verb (used with object)

1. to secure with a mortise and tenon.
2. to cut or form a mortise in (a piece of wood or the like).
3. to join securely.
4. Printing. to cut metal from (a plate). to cut out metal from a plate and insert (new material) in its place.

Origin of mortises

1350-1400; Middle English morteys, mortaise Anglo-French mortais(e), Old French mortoise, of obscure origin

Examples for mortises

The width of the mortise is equal to the width of the groove, its length to the width of the tenon.

The end rails have a mortise in them for the tenons on the ends of the foot boards.

mortise, a hollow in a stone or timber to receive a corresponding projection.

The marks a, b designate the limits, or the length, of the mortise.

In order to get these pieces into place, the mortise in the long post must be made 1/2 in.

The back posts also have a mortise cut in them at the top for the back board as shown.

The operation of cutting the mortise is called dove-tailing.

A typical form of mallet chiseling is the digging of a mortise, Fig. 76.

The joints may be made with dowels, or the mortise and tenon may be used, as desired.

Fasten the lock in place, and if there is a strike or face-plate, mark its place and mortise it in.