mortice

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tɪs

Noun

mortice (plural mortices)

1. (woodworking) Alternative spelling of mortise.
   • 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341:

     One soon learned, however, that it was no easy thing to make wood do exactly as one required it. It looked quite easy in the masterly hands of the experienced pattern-maker, but the mysteries of dowelling and mortice and tenon were not uncovered in a week or two.

Verb

mortice (third-person singular simple present mortices, present participle morticing, simple past and past participle morticed)

1. (woodworking) Alternative spelling of mortise.

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