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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)
4.
to secure with a mortise and tenon.
5.
to cut or form a mortise in (a piece of wood or the like).
6.
to join securely.
7.
Printing.
a.
to cut metal from (a plate).
b.
to cut out metal from a plate and insert (new material) in its place.
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Mortising
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Also, mortice.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English morteys, mortaise < Anglo-French mortais(e), Old French mortoise, of obscure origin
1350–1400; Middle English morteys, mortaise < Anglo-French mortais(e), Old French mortoise, of obscure origin
Related forms
mor·tis·er, noun
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Word Origin & History
mortise
c.1400, "hole or groove in which something is fitted to form a joint," from O.Fr. mortaise (13c.), possibly from Arabic murtazz "fastened," pp. of razza "cut a mortise in." Cf. Sp. mortaja.
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