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mortar |
6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mortar \Mor"tar\, n. [OE. mortier F. mortier L. mortarium mortar, a large basin or trough in which mortar is made a mortar (in sense 1, above). See 1st {Mortar}.] (Arch.) A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; -- used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways. {Mortar bed}, a shallow box or receptacle in which mortar is mixed. {Mortar board}. a A small square board with a handle beneath, for holding mortar; a hawk. b A cap with a broad, projecting, square top -- worn by students in some colleges. [Slang] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mortar \Mor"tar\, n. [OE. morter, AS mort[=e]re, L. mortarium: cf F. mortier mortar. Cf sense 2 (below), also 2d {Mortar}, {Martel}, {Morter}.] 1. A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle. 2. [F. mortier fr L. mortarium mortar (for trituarating).] (Mil.) A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45[deg], and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described. {Mortar bed} (Mil.), a framework of wood and iron, suitably hollowed out to receive the breech and trunnions of a mortar. {Mortar boat} or {vessel} (Naut.), a boat strongly built and adapted to carrying a mortar or mortars for bombarding; a bomb ketch. {Mortar piece}, a mortar. [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mortar \Mor"tar\, v. t. To plaster or make fast with mortar. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mortar \Mor"tar\, n. [F. mortier See {Mortar} a vessel.] A chamber lamp or light. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mortar n 1: a muzzle-loading cannon with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range [syn: {howitzer}, {trench mortar}] 2: used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall 3: a vessel in which substances can be ground with a pestle v : plaster with mortar From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Mortar (Heb. homer), cement of lime and sand (Gen. 11:3; Ex 1:14); also potter's clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:14). Also Heb. 'aphar, usually rendered "dust," clay or mud used for cement in building (Lev. 14:42, 45). Mortar for pulverizing (Prov. 27:22) grain or other substances by means of a pestle instead of a mill. Mortars were used in the wilderness for pounding the manna (Num. 11:8). It is commonly used in Palestine at the present day to pound wheat, from which the Arabs make a favourite dish called kibby.
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