▪ I. unˈmortised, ppl. a.1
(un-1 8 + mortised ppl. a.)
| 1678 Moxon Mech. Exerc. vi. 103 This Square Peece hath a square wide Mortess in it..to screw against that part of the Wooden Peece un-mortessed at the Top,..stiff against the fore-side of the un-mortessed Peece. |
▪ II. unˈmortised, ppl. a.2
(un-2 8 + mortise v.1)
| 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. 304 An old broken-bottomed cane couch,..unmortised by the failing of one of its worm-eaten legs. 1859 Tennyson Merlin & V. 402 The wrist is parted from the hand that waved, The feet unmortised from their ankle-bones Who paced it, ages back. |