Mortise or mortice may refer to:
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Mortise and tenon
A mortise and tenon (occasionally mortice and tenon) is a Woodworking joints, joint that connects two pieces of wood or other material. Woodworking, Woodworkers around the world have used it for thousands of years to join pieces of wood, mainly ...
, a woodworking joint
* Ankle mortise, part of the distal tibia joining the talus bone to form an
ankle
The ankle, the talocrural region or the jumping bone (informal) is the area where the foot and the leg meet. The ankle includes three joints: the ankle joint proper or talocrural joint, the subtalar joint, and the inferior tibiofibular joint. The ...
joint
* Mortise chisel, a type of
chisel
A chisel is a hand tool with a characteristic Wedge, wedge-shaped cutting edge on the end of its blade. A chisel is useful for carving or cutting a hard material such as woodworking, wood, lapidary, stone, or metalworking, metal.
Using a chi ...
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Mortice lock
A mortise lock (also spelled mortice lock in British English) is a Lock (security device), lock that requires a pocket—the mortise and tenon, mortise—to be cut into the edge of the door or piece of furniture into which the lock is to be fitted. ...
, a lock with a bolt set within the door frame, rather than attached externally
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