·vt To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.
II. Tenon ·noun 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.