mortification (mor"tifikashon)

[F. mor tification = Sp. mortific a cion = Pg. mortific ação =It. mortific azione, rest is alive; the lo of vitality in some part of a living animal; necrosis; local death; gangrene; sphacelus. It appear eth in the gangrene or mortification of flesh. Bacon , Nat. Hist. (0) The act of subduing the pa ions and appetites by penance, abstinence, or painful severities inflicted on the body; a severe penance. It leadeth vs into godly workes, and into the mortific a cion of the fleshly woorkes. Sir T. More, Works, p. 700. He carried his austerities and mortifications so far as to endanger his health. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 25. (c) Humiliation; vexation; the state of being humbled or depre ed, as by disappointment or vexation; chagrin. The Sight of some of these Ruins did fill me with Symp toms of Mortification , and made me more sensible of the Frailty of all sublunary Things. Howell , Letters, I. i. 38. It was with some mortification that I suffered the raillery of a fine lady of my acquaintance, for calling, in one of my papers, Dorimant a clown. Steele , Spectator, No. 75. (dt) In chem . , and metal ., the destruction of active qualities (now called sickening both in the United States and in Australia, with especial reference to quicksilver and amalgamation). Inquire what gives impediment to union or restitution, which is called mortification , as when quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. Bacon. (e) In Scots law, the act of disposing of lands for religious or charitable purposes. 2. That which mortifies; a cause of chagrin, humiliation, or vexation. It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit. Sir R. L'Estrange. The Christian religion, by the tendency of all its doctrines, seems to have been so throughout contrived as effectually to mortify and beat down any undue complacence we may have in ourselves. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. xviii. 5. To humiliate; depre ; affect with vexation or chagrin. Evelyn Arrived the news of the fatal battle of Worchester, which exceedingly mortified our expectations. He had the knack to raise up a pensive temper, and mortify an impertinently gay one. Steele , Spectator, No. 468. 6t. In chem . and metal ., to destroy or diminish the active powers or characteristic qualities of. This quiksilver wol I mortifye Ryght in youre syghte anon, withouten lye, And make it as good silver and as fyn As ther is any in your purs or myn. Chaucer , Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 115. Take also a litil quantite of Mer[curie?] and mortifie it with fastynge spotil, and medle it with a good quantite of poudre of stafi-sagre. Book of Quinte E ence (ed. Furnivall), p. 19. 7. In Scots law , to dispose of by mortification. See mortification , 3. Referring to pre-Reformation grants, he [Mr. Marshall] says mortified lands are such as have "no other 'reddenda than prayers and supplications and the like" that is, ma es for the souls of the dead. N. and Q., 7th ser., III. 333. =Syn. 5. To shame, chagrin. See mortification . II. in trans. 1. To lose vitality and organic structure while yet a portion of the living body; become gangrenous.-2. To become languid;; fall into decay. 'Tis a pure ill-natur'd Satisfaction to see one that was a Beauty unfortunately move with the same Languor, and Softne of Behaviour, that once was charming in her To see, I say, her mortify that us'd to kill. Steele, Grief A-la-Mode, iii. 1. 3. To be subdued; die away: said of inordinate appetites, etc. Johnson. mort is causa (môr'tis ka'zä). [L., in case of death: causa, abl. of causa, cause, case; mort is, gen. of mor(t-)s, death: see cause and mort1.] In contemplation of death. - Donatio or gift mort is causa. See dona tion. IMG:content-0972.png:[blocks in formation] mortmain mortise (Florio), Sp. mortaja, a mortise; ult. origin unknown. The equiv. W. mortais, Ir. mort is, moirtis, Gael. moirteis, are of E., and Bret. mortez is of F. origin.] 1. A hollow cut in a piece of wood or other material to receive a corresponding projection, called a tenon, formed on another piece in order to fix the two together. The junction of two pieces in this manner is called a mortise - joint. Also vpon the hight of the same Mownte of Cal very, ys the very hold or IMG:content-0973.png:[blocks in formation] morteys hevyn out of the stone Rooke wherin the Cro e stode, with ower bly yd Savyor at the tyme of hys pa ion. Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 43. The joyner, though an honest man, yet hee maketh his joynts weake, and putteth in sap in the mortesels [read morte es ?], which should be the hart of the tree. Greene, Quip for an Upstart Courtier. If it [the wind) hath ruffian'd so upon the sea, What ribs of oak, when mountains melt on them, Can hold the mortise ? Shak., Othello, ii. 1. 9. 2. Figuratively, stability; power of adhesion. Oversea they say this state of yours Hath no more mortice than a tower of cards. Tennyson, Queen Mary, iii. 1. Chase mortise. See chase-mortise. mortise (môr'tis), v . t.; pret. and pp. mortised , ppr. mortising. [ morteysen , taisier , mortoiser , mortise; from the noun.] 1. To join by a tenon and mortise; fix in or as in a mortise. Mars he hath morteysed his mark. York Plays , p. 226. To whose huge spokes ten you sand le er things Are mortised and adjoin'd. Shak ., Hamlet, iii. 3. 20. 2. To cut or make a mortise in. mortise-block (môr'tis-blok), n. A pulley-block in which the openings for the sheaves are cut in a solid piece. mortise-bolt (môr'tis-bōlt), n. A bolt the head of which is let into a mortise instead of being left projecting. mortise-chisel (môr'tis-chizel), п. In carp., a strong chisel used in making mortises. mortised (môr'tist), a. In her., same as enclavé. mortise-gage (môr'tis-gāj), n. A scribbling gage having two points which can be adjusted to the required distance of the mortise or tenon from the working-edge, as well as to the width of the mortise and the size of the tenon. mortise-lock (môr'tis-lok), n. A lock made to fit into a mortise cut in the stile and rail of a door to receive it. - Mortise-lock chisel. See chisel 2. mortise-wheel (môr'tis-hwel), n. A wheel having holes, either on the face or on the edge, to receive the cogs or teeth of another wheel. 000000000 0000000