Usually means: Lockset requiring pocket in door.
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  1. mortise lock: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mortise lock: Merriam-Webster
  3. mortise lock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mortise lock: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mortise lock: Wordnik
  6. mortise lock: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. mortise lock: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Mortise lock, mortise lock: Dictionary.com
  9. Mortise lock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. mortise lock: FreeDictionary.org
  11. mortise lock: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. mortise lock: Wiktionary

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  1. mortise lock: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (mortise lock)

noun:  (locksmithing) A lock that requires a pocket (the mortise) to be cut into the edge of the door or piece of furniture into which the lock is to be fitted.

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