mortise
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If not, then you may have to set the hinge plate deeper in its mortise.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2020
Woodwork with mortise and tenon joints, original and restored hardware and tile-faced fireplaces are found throughout the nearly 6,000 square feet of living space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2020
There are two basic types of latches: tubular and mortise.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2019
Thick hand-hewn oak beams connected with slotted and tabbed mortise and tenon joints provide the bones of the building, which has deliberately been left unfurnished to showcase its construction.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2015
Iron rod threaded through three rusted loops, old mortise lock with a rusty cam.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Tenons are enclosed in mortises in order that they may be better joined, and they are transfixed with wooden pins.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
S. A round, taper shaft, strengthened above and below the mortises with iron hoops.
From Practical Education, Volume II by Edgeworth, Maria
On account of the dovetailing the wedges exert a pressure pressing the teeth into the mortises.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Again, mortises, tenons, dovetails, and joinery of all sorts, no longer demand from hand-work the accuracy, neatness, and perfection of former days.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
The top back board has a tenon on each end that fits into the mortises in the back posts and is rounded at the top as shown.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)
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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2010
Smoothly mortised and joined by Director Ted Tetzlaff and Producer Frederic Ullman Jr., The Window emerges as a fast little thriller full of grade A qualities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Further, with regard to the double cross-beams which are mortised to the lower part of the main axle, to each end of them there is mortised a small piece of wood four feet long.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
In the place of the nave it has a thick barrel, in which are mortised the lower ends of the spokes, just as their upper ends are mortised into the rim.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
In like manner a timber is mortised into two of the large beams, at the top beneath the clamps; this has an iron bearing in which the other iron journal of the axle revolves.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
These are 4 by 4 in. pieces of wood, hard pine preferred, planed and securely set up in the X-pieces by mortising into the same.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
To work the two went accordingly—adjusting, screwing, squaring, sawing, planing, mortising, until the dinner-bell called them to the house.
From Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
This will necessitate care in mortising and tenoning the side rails so as to get good fits for the shoulders The bevel square will be needed in laying out the shoulders of the tenons.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)
Cogged Joints.—This differs from the regular tenoning and mortising methods, principally because the groove or recess is in the form of an open gain.
From Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations by Zerbe, James Slough
McGuire brought with him two carpet-bags, a marlin spike and a common mortising chisel.
From Bucholz and the Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan
