were mortising

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of mortise.
  mortise

  noun

  a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.

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