mortise

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To cut a mortise in.
  • To join by a mortise and tenon.
  • To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern.

Origin

  • From Middle English morteys, from Old French mortaise, from Arabic مورتاز, from راز.

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