plural of mortise

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mortise

(woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint. / Stability; power of adhesion.

(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

Having or using a mortise.

simple past tense and past participle of mortise

plural of mortiser

(woodworking) A person or a machine that cuts mortises.

plural of stub mortise