Mortise in spanish
Mortaja
pronunciation: moʊɹ̩tɑxɑ part of speech: noun
pronunciation: moʊɹ̩tɑxɑ part of speech: noun
In gestures
mortise1 = mortaja. [En la prensa antigua de madera, muesca que se perfora en una madera en donde encaja la espiga de otra para ensamblarlas]
Example: The winter was not adjustable for height within its mortises, but the head was tenoned into long mortises in which it could be raised and lowered to adjust the height of the impression assembly.more:
» head mortise = mortaja de la somera. [En la prensa antigua de madera, muescas que se hacían en las columnas verticales de madera de las primeras prensas tipográficas y en donde se insertaban las dos vigas horizontales de madera que soportaban el tornillo]
Example: A printer would use incompressible packing in the head mortises to intensify the effect of the pressman's pull by bringing it up with a jolt.mortise2 = unir mediante mortaja.
Example: The chief members of the impression carriage were two upright cheeks about 2 m. high and placed 60-65 cm. apart, carrying between them the winter and, above it, the head, two massive cross timbers mortised into the cheeks which contained the vertical thrust of the impression.