Mortice

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of mortise. alt-of, alternative

    "One soon learned, however, that it was no easy thing to make wood do exactly as one required it. It looked quite easy in the masterly hands of the experienced pattern-maker, but the mysteries of dowelling and mortice and tenon were not uncovered in a week or two."

  2. 2
    a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of mortise. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    join by a tenon and mortise wordnet
  3. 3
    cut a hole for a tenon in wordnet

Synonyms

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mortisemortisemortise

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"One soon learned, however, that it was no easy thing to make wood do exactly as one required it. It looked quite easy in the masterly hands of the experienced pattern-maker, but the mysteries of dowelling and mortice and tenon were not uncovered in a week or two."

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