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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tenon  \Ten"on\,  v.  t. 
  To  cut  or  fit  for  insertion  into  a  mortise,  as  the  end  of  a 
  piece  of  timber. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tenon  \Ten"on\,  n.  [F.,  fr  tenir  to  hold  See  {Tenable}.] 
  (Carp.  &  Join.) 
  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}. 
 
  {Tenon  saw},  a  saw  with  a  thin  blade,  usually  stiffened  by  a 
  brass  or  steel  back  for  cutting  tenons.  [Corruptly 
  written  {tenant  saw}.]  --Gwilt. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tenon 
  n  :  a  projection  at  the  end  of  a  piece  of  wood  that  is  shaped  to 
  fit  into  a  mortise  and  form  a  mortise  joint 




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