mor·tise also mor·tice  (môr'tĭs) 
n.
A usually rectangular cavity in a piece of wood, stone, or other material, prepared to receive a tenon and thus form a joint. Printing A hole cut in a plate for insertion of type.
tr.v.
mor·tised also mor·ticed, mor·tis·ing also mor·tic·ing, mor·tis·es also mor·tic·es
To join or fasten securely, as with a mortise and tenon. To make a mortise in. Printing To cut a hole in (a plate) for the insertion of type. To cut such a hole and insert (type).
[Middle English mortaise, from Old French, perhaps from Arabic murtazz, fastened, from irtazza, to be fixed (in place), derived stem of razza, to fix, insert; see rzz in Semitic roots.]
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