Associations to the word «Mortise»

Wiktionary

MORTISE, noun. (woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint
MORTISE, verb. (woodworking) To make a mortise.
MORTISE, verb. (typography) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern.

Dictionary definition

MORTISE, noun. A square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint.
MORTISE, verb. Cut a hole for a tenon in.
MORTISE, verb. Join by a tenon and mortise.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca