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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Tenon

· Ten·on · IPA
01 n. 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 o…
  1. 1.
    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.(Carp. & Join.) See: Tooth, Tusk
Phrases & compounds
Tenon saw — a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons.
02 v. t. To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.
  1. 1.
    To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.