mortified

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The top, which is very massive, rests on four legs, morticed into a frame.

From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis

In our own horse these lateral toes have become reduced to what are known by veterinaries as splint bones, combined with the canon in a single solidly morticed piece.

From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant

But the young Wild steeds bit hard the curb, and fled afar; Nor rein nor guiding hand nor morticed car Stayed them at all.

From Hippolytus/The Bacchae by Euripides

These props came all the way to the ground where they were morticed in heavy bars.

From The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by Townsend, George Alfred

Sometimes, however, they are without wood, and the curved stones are morticed into long transverse blocks of stone, as in the annexed plate, which was drawn with great accuracy by Mr. Alexander.

From Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton by Barrow, John, Sir