mortice
- a variation of mortise.
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Those principally used are the following: lap, fished, scarf, notching, cogging, dovetailing, housing, halving, mortice and tenon, stub 387 tenon, dovetailed tenon, tusk tenon, joggle, bridle, foxtail wedging, mitre, birdsmouth, built-up, dowel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
This careful arrangement, of mortice, tenon, and toggle, has doubtless very much to do with the comparative stability of Stonehenge at the present day.
From Stonehenge Today and Yesterday by Sumner, Heywood
An oblong mortice should next be cut in the board, so as to receive this end of the stick easily.
From Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by Gibson, William Hamilton
Penn's piston for oscillating engines has a single packing ring, with a tongue piece, or mortice end, made in the manner already described.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.
Dowlas the carpenter, with considerable skill, contrived to mortice it into its former stump, and made the junction thoroughly secure by strong iron-belts and bolts.
From The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger by Verne, Jules
