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(1):

(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):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tenon'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tenon.html. 1828.
 
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