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tenon [ˈtɛnən] n (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) the projecting end of a piece of wood formed to fit into a corresponding mortise in another piece vb (tr)
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to form a tenon on (a piece of wood) 2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to join with a tenon and mortise [from Old French, from tenir to hold, from Latin tenēre] tenoner n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| To Adam Tenon, clerk of the warden of the seals of the provostship of Paris; for the silver, making, and engraving of said seals, which have been made new because the others preceding, by reason of their antiquity and their worn condition, could no longer be successfully used, twelve livres parisis. |
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