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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus;
[syn: ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis]

2. a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other;
[syn: mortise joint, mortise-and-tenon joint]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mortise \Mor"tise\, n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar. murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.] A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon. [1913 Webster] Mortise and tenon (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used adjectively. Mortise joint, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. Mortise lock. See under Lock. Mortise wheel, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge; -- also called mortise gear, and core gear. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mortise joint n 1: a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus [syn: ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis] 2: a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other [syn: mortise joint, mortise-and-tenon joint]