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tenon |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tenon \Ten"on\, v. t. To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tenon \Ten"on\, n. [F., fr tenir to hold See {Tenable}.] (Carp. & Join.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side Cf {Tooth}, {Tusk}. {Tenon saw}, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back for cutting tenons. [Corruptly written {tenant saw}.] --Gwilt. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tenon n : a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint
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