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–noun

1.	a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to provide with a tenon.

3.	to join by or as by a tenon.

4.	to join securely.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < MF, equiv. to ten(ir) to hold (< L tenére) + -on n. suffix

]

—Related forms

ten·on·er, noun

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ten·on Audio Help   (těn'ən) Pronunciation Key
n.   A projection on the end of a piece of wood shaped for insertion into a mortise to make a joint.

tr.v.   ten·oned, ten·on·ing, ten·ons

To provide with a tenon.
To join with a tenon.

[Middle English, from Old French, from tenir, to hold, from Latin tenēre; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tenon

projection inserted to make a joint, c.1400, from M.Fr. tenon "a tenon," from O.Fr. tenir "to hold."

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tenon
noun
a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint

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Tenon

Frame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Framed; p. pr. & vb. n. Framing.] [OE. framen, fremen, to execute, build, AS. fremman to further, perform, effect, fr. fram strong, valiant; akin to E. foremost, and prob. to AS. fram from, Icel. fremja, frama, to further, framr forward, G. fromm worthy, excellent, pious. See Foremost, From, and cf. Furnish.]

1. (Arch. & Engin.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice.

2. To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.

How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years. --I. Watts.

3. To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.

And frame my face to all occasions. --Shak.

We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness. --Landor.

The human mind is framed to be influenced. --I. Taylor.

4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.]

Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds. --Shak.

5. To support. [Obs. & R.]

That on a staff his feeble steps did frame. --Spenser.

6. To provide with a frame, as a picture.

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Tenon

Ten"ant saw`\ See Tenon saw, under Tenon.

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