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  1. mortises: Merriam-Webster
  2. mortises: Collins English Dictionary
  3. mortises: Vocabulary.com
  4. mortises: Wordnik
  5. mortises: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. mortises: Wiktionary
  7. mortises: Dictionary.com
  8. mortises: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mortises: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mortise)

noun:  (woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint.
noun:  Stability; power of adhesion.
verb:  (transitive, woodworking) To cut a mortise in.
verb:  (transitive, woodworking) To join by a mortise and tenon.
verb:  (typography) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern.
▸ Also see mortise


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