Mortise
A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon.
To cut or make a mortisein.
To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder.
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Mortise Translations
mortise in German is verzapfen, verzapfe
mortise in Spanish is mortaja, ensamblar
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