tusk ten on (tuskten"on)

A ten on strengthened by having a shoul der or step on the lower side. This form has the advantage of permitting the mortise into which it enters to be cut at a higher point in a horizontal beam, thus weakening the latter le than if cut at or below the neutral line of deflection. tusk-vase (tusk'vās), n. A decorative vase form B Tusk-tenon. A, tenon; B, tusk. A ed of a part of the tusk of an elephant, hollowed and mounted with the point downward on a stand; hence, a vase of any material resembling a tusk so mounted.