Definitions for mortise
ˈmɔr tɪsmor·tise

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mortise, morticeverb

   a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint

2. mortise, morticeverb

   cut a hole for a tenon in

3. mortice, mortiseverb

   join by a tenon and mortise

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mortisenoun

   A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint

2. mortiseverb

   To make a mortise.

3. Etymology: First attested circa fourteenth century, from mortaise, of uncertain origin.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mortisenoun

   A hole cut into wood that another piece may be put into it and form a joint.

   Etymology: mortaise,mortoise, Fr.

   A fuller blast ne’er shook our battlements;
   If it hath ruffian’d so upon the sea,
   What ribs of oak, when mountains melt on them,
   Can hold the mortise. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   Under one skin are parts variously mingled, some with cavities, as mortesses to receive, others with tenons to fit cavities. John Ray.

2. To Mortiseverb

   1. To cut with a mortise; to join with a mortise.

   ’Tis a massy wheel,
   To whose huge spoke ten thousand lesser things
   Are mortis’d and adjoin’d. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   The walls of spiders legs are made,
   Well mortised and finely laid. Michael Drayton, Nymphid.

   2. It seems in the following passage improperly used.

   The one half of the ship being finished, and by help of a screw launched into the water, the other half was joined by great brass nails mortised with lead. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

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1. mortise

   A mortise is a hole, groove, or slot cut into a piece of wood or other material, designed to receive a corresponding projection (a tenon) on another piece to form a joint. This is often used in carpentry or joinery to create secure and stable connections between pieces.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mortisenoun

   a cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon

2. Mortiseverb

   to cut or make a mortisein

3. Mortiseverb

   to join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder

4. Etymology: [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar. murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mortise

   mor′tis, n. a cavity cut into a piece of timber to receive the tenon, a projection on another piece made to fit it: stability, power of adhesion—also Mor′tice.—v.t. to cut a mortise in: to join by a mortise and tenon. [Fr. mortaise; ety. unknown.]

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Anagrams for mortise »

1. erotism

2. moister

3. trisome

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mortise in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mortise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mortise
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mortise
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=mortise
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mortise
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=mortise