- Wall Street Journal Crossword
- August 8 2023
- Mortise's partner in wood joints
Mortise's partner in wood joints
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Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | 99% | TENON | Mortise's partner in wood joints | Wall Street Journal |
Definition
• | A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk. |
• | To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber. |
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