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mortice

mortice is the alternative spelling of mortise.

Meaning of mortise

Noun

mortise (plural mortises)

  1. A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint.
    • If there is much gauging for the same size mortise and tenon to be done, and if a mortise gauge is not handy, a simple improvised gauge for the purpose can easily be made with two pieces of wood and four or five steel sprigs…2016 September 6, A Little Book of Woodworking Joints - Including Dovetailing, Mortise-and-Tenon and Mitred Joints, 2nd edition (paperback), Read Books Limited, →ISBN
  2. Stability; power of adhesion.

See all 5 meanings of mortise

Forms of mortice

Noun
pluralmortices
Verb
third-person singular presentmortices
present participlemorticing
past participlemorticed
pastmorticed

Questions about mortice

What is mortice the alternative spelling of?
Mortice is the alternative spelling of mortise.

Words near mortice in the dictionary

  1. mortgagors
  2. Morthen
  3. morthouse
  4. morthouses
  5. mortial
  6. mortice
  7. morticed
  8. morticer
  9. morticers
  10. mortices
  11. mortichnia

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