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noun

Mortar n.

A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.

(Mil.) A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45°, and even higher; so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.

Mortar bed (Mil.), a framework of wood and iron, suitably hollowed out to receive the breech and trunnions of a mortar.

Mortar boat or Mortar vessel (Naut.), a boat strongly built and adapted to carrying a mortar or mortars for bombarding; a bomb ketch.

Mortar piece, a mortar. (Obs.)

Mortar n. (Arch.) A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways.

Mortar bed, a shallow box or receptacle in which mortar is mixed.

Mortar n. A chamber lamp or light. (Obs.)

verb

Mortar v. t. To plaster or make fast with mortar.

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Etymology of 'Mortar'

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"Mortar" Quotes from Famous Books

... low, old-fashioned one, covered externally with dark blue mortar in French provincial style, and internally presenting every appearance of hospitality and comfort. The parlours in which Germain was shown into the presence of the owner were hung about with mellowed tapestry, and their doors and windows were open, leading out upon a gallery and thence ...

— The False Chevalier - or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette • William Douw Lighthall

... opposition to the principles on which they found their opposition to the established church. Surely it cannot be, that wise master-builders should much longer employ themselves in daubing this papal wall with untempered mortar." p. 39-92. ...

— The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, January, 1835 • Various

... ounces; spermaceti, four ounces; soap powder, four ounces; cinnabar, two drams; essence of rose, one dram. Melt the soap and spermaceti with the oil in a bath water; add the powder, and mix the whole in a marble mortar. It forms a paste which softens and whitens the ...

— The Ladies Book of Useful Information - Compiled from many sources • Anonymous

... Antwerp would have been! One likes to think that the great creations of the past are not all lost, and that in the land to which the souls of the Masters have passed we may find still living the mighty thoughts to which their love gave birth. Are our cathedrals only stones and mortar, and are our paintings ...

— A Surgeon in Belgium • Henry Sessions Souttar

... others. I can't have the pestle and mortar carried into the drawing-room, and the place smelling ...

— Wives and Daughters • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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