Mor″tise, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mortised (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mortising.] 1. To cut or make a mortise in.
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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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.