Mortising

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mortise \Mor"tise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortised}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Mortising}.]
     1. To cut or make a mortise in.
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     2. 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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