tenon

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Lay out the mortises in the legs, taking the measurements directly from the tenon which is to fit that mortise.

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  1. noun A projection on the end of a piece of wood shaped for insertion into a mortise to make a joint.
  2. transitive verb To provide with a tenon.
  3. transitive verb To join with a tenon.

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  • Lay out the mortises in the legs, taking the measurements directly from the tenon which is to fit that mortise. —  Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I
  • 266, the tenon is as much shorter on one side than the other as the rabbet is wide. —  Handwork in Wood
  • Mark each mortise directly from the tenon which is to fit into it, taking care to have all the rails an equal distance from the floor. —  Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2
  • "cheeks" and the "shoulders" of the tenon are the parts abutting against the mortised piece. —  Handwork in Wood
  • _ In a _mortise-and-tenon joint on rabbeted pieces_, Fig. 266, the tenon is as much shorter on one side than the other as the rabbet is wide. —  Handwork in Wood
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from tenir, to hold, from Latin tenēre; see ten- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also, irreg., tenant; from Middle English tenoun, from Old French (and F.) tenon, a tenon, from tenir, hold, from Latin tenere, hold, keep: see tenant.
  2. from tenon. n.
 

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