mortise

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

I see new words that sound cool like dado and kerf and tenon and mortise.

From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine

Clamp all four pieces on a flat surface with the bottom ends even, then lay out the mortises for the rails and panels on all four pieces at once with a try-square.

From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor

After this operation is performed on one cog, it should be tried in the wheel mortises, to test its correctness before cutting out the shanks on all the teeth.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

I—Timber joined in the mortises of the posts.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

The latter are six feet long and just large enough to fit closely into the mortises.

From Home Pork Making by A. W. Fulton

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 Joshua Rose

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

The mother-of-pearl slide which runs along a mortised groove further protects the hair on the outside of the nut.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

Both these sills again are mortised into the corner posts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

Each of these sills is mortised into each of three cross-beams, of which one is at the right side of the shaft, the second at the left, and the third in the middle.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

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 H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor

In order to obviate this inconvenience, I designed an arrangement of a key-groove mortising machine.

From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Samuel Smiles

I did not progress as fast as a carpenter would have done with his mortising chisel, or a cooper with his breast-bit or auger; but I had the gratification of knowing that I was progressing.

From The Boy Tar by Edward Read

The thinness of the plates renders any mortising in the shelf unnecessary, and the small intervals between the perforations in the strips enables the whole space occupied by the shelves to be used most economically.

From The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books by Arthur Lee Humphreys

At present, mortising and dowelling have come to the front as proper processes, especially for table-building; and this time the style appears under the name of "Mission furniture."

From Principles of Home Decoration With Practical Examples by Candace Wheeler