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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 880 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MORTISE, or MORTICE (adapted from the Fr. mortaise; cf. Ital. mortise and
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Spanish mortaja; the origin is unknown;
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Celtic equivalents, such as Gaelic moirteis, are of
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French origin) , a
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term for a socket or cavity cut in a piece of
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wood, or other material, into which a corresponding projecting end, a " tenon," fits, the two when fitted together forming a "
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mortise-
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joint," for fastening two beams or other pieces of
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timber together .

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