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Meaning of 'tenon' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tenon [ 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 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.
2 . Tenon [ v. t.]
- To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.

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