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tenon

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
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ten=on

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tenon has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

tenonn. [F., fr. tenir to hold. See Tenable.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]
Tenon saw, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. [Corruptly written tenant saw.] Gwilt.
tenonv. t. 
     To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tenon, n. & v.
--n. a projecting piece of wood made for insertion into a corresponding cavity (esp. a mortise) in another piece.
--v.tr.
1 cut as a tenon.
2 join by means of a tenon.

Idiom
tenon-saw a small saw with a strong brass or steel back for fine work.
Derivative
tenoner n.
Etymology
ME f. F f. tenir hold f. L tenere
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