Mor"ti*fy`ing*ly, adv. In a mortifying manner.
Mor"tise (?), n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar. murtazz fixed, or
W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.] A cavity cut into a
piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of
another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon.
Mortise and tenon (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon; joined or
united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used adjectively. -- Mortise
joint, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. -- Mortise lock. See under
Lock. -- Mortise wheel, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs inserted
in mortises on its face or edge; -- also called mortise gear, and core
gear.
Mor"tise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mortised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mortising.]
1. To cut or make a mortise in.
2. To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into
a post, or a joist into a girder.
Mort"ling (?), n. [See Morling.] 1. An animal, as a sheep, dead of
disease or privation; a morling. [Eng.]