(transitive, woodworking) To cut a mortise in. / (transitive, woodworking) To join by a mortise and tenon. / (typography) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern.

present participle of mortise

plural of mortise-and-tenon joint

plural of mortise

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mortise

Having or using a mortise.

simple past tense and past participle of mortise

(woodworking) A joint made by inserting a projecting tenon into a mortised slot.

A mortise passing only partly through the timber in which it is formed.

plural of stub mortise