MORTISE
- to join or fasten securely, also MORTICE [v MORTISED, MORTISING, MORTISES]
- a hole, groove, or slot into or through which some other part of an arrangement of parts fits or passes
- cavity cut into a piece of material (as timber) to receive a tenon see dovetail illustration
- to join or fasten securely [v MORTISED, MORTISES, MORTISING]