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mortisenoun(woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint.
tenonnounA projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
hanchnounObsolete form of haunch. [(anatomy) The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.]
hunkersnounThe haunches.
henchnoun(Scotland) A limp; lameness.
haunch-bonenounAlternative form of haunch bone. [(anatomy) The innominate bone.]
hucklenounA bunch or part projecting like the hip.
haunch holdernoun(cynology) A type of mechanism designed to control the movement of a dog during grooming.
hunchnounA theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
hulchnoun(dialectal) A thick slice, hunk.
hunchingverbThe motion by which something is hunched.
hauncenoun(obsolete, historical) Alternative form of hanse. [(historical) The guildhall of a Hanse.]
hainingnoun(obsolete or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A hain or enclosure.
gambrelnoun(architecture) A gambrel roof.
huxennoun(West Country, obsolete) The hough; the back of the hip.
haulmnoun(uncountable) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
huxonnounAlternative form of huxen. [(West Country, obsolete) The hough; the back of the hip.]
hernnoun(dialectal or poetic) Heron.
hoofnounThe tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
hucksheennounAlternative form of huxen. [(West Country, obsolete) The hough; the back of the hip.]

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