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We have seen the splintered mortice and the staple of the upper bolt violently forced from the woodwork and resting on the pin.

From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Zangwill, Israel

The mortice for the partition should be turned out before the half-spherical recess, the mortice being temporarily plugged with wood to render easy the operation of turning.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The tenon is cut dovetail shape, and a long mortice permits the wide part of the tenon to go through, and it is secured with wood wedges.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

Large cleats, or also pieces of oak passing through a mortice in the rail, and answer the purpose of timber-heads for belaying ropes to.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

To lock the tenon in the mortice two methods may be employed.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua