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Meaning Of 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.
v. t.
To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of
a piece of timber.