rabbet joint (rabetjoint)

A joint formed by rabbeting, as the edges of two boards or pieces of timber. A plane for rabbet-plane (rab'et-plan), n. plowing a groove along the edge of a board. Square Rabbet-plane. Rabbet-planes are so shaped as to adapt them to peculiar kinds of work. In a square rabbet plane the cutting edge is square acro the sole; in a skew rabbet plane the bit is set obliquely acro the sole; in a side - rabbet plane the cutter is on the side, not on the sole. rabbet-saw (rab'et-sa), n. Asaw used for making rabbets. Such saws commonly have an adjustable fence or gage to insure the proper placing of the groove. rabbi (rab'i or rab'i), n.; pl. rabbis (rab'iz or rab'iz). [Early mod. E. also rabbic, rabby; God liketh nat that Raby men us calle. Chaucer, Summoner's Tale, 1. 479. They said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Master [ i . e ., Teacher]). John i. 38. Those whose heads with age are hoary growen, And those great Rabbies that do grauely sit, Revolving volumes of the highest Writ. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Captaines.