Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, same as
enclavé .
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- adjective Having or using a
mortise . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mortised .
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Examples
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There was the strange commercial released by his loyal sponsor Nike, in which a rigor mortised Mr. Woods received counsel from the disembodied voice of his late father, Earl.
Phil Lifts Masters Out of the Woods Jason Gay 2010
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Her flesh-like hand rigor mortised to her silly umbrella drink.
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The mortised stretchers sometimes joint the legs to create a box-like enclosure.
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The mortised stretchers sometimes joint the legs to create a box-like enclosure.
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And the limber-wheel, whose fractured spokes search upward vainly for the rent-off mortised rim.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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The mortised stretchers sometimes joint the legs to create a box-like enclosure.
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The mortised stretchers sometimes joint the legs to create a box-like enclosure.
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And the limber-wheel, whose fractured spokes search upward vainly for the rent-off mortised rim.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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Unlike his first book 'this one isn't polished and mortised to a fare-thee-well.
Anatomy Of A Fire 2008
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Those sandstone boulders, known as sarsens, were carved by hand using other stones, in an age before metal tools, but are skillfully mortised to join them together.
hernesheir commented on the word mortised
A heraldry term.
April 7, 2011