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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