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MORTISE, or MORTICE (adapted from the Fr. mortaise; cf. Ital. mortise and Spanish mortaja; the origin is unknown; Celtic equivalents, such as Gaelic moirteis, are of French origin)

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 880 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MOL-MOS
MORTISE, or MORTICE (adapted from the Fr. mortaise; cf. Ital. mortise and Spanish mortaja; the origin is unknown; Celtic equivalents, such as Gaelic moirteis, are of French origin) , a
term
  for a socket or cavity cut in a piece of
wood
 , or other material, into which a corresponding projecting end, a " tenon," fits, the two when fitted together forming a " mortise-
joint
 ," for fastening two beams or other pieces of timber together.


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