mortarizev.1
/ˈmɔːtərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmɔrdəˌraɪz/ rare.
transitive. To pound in a mortar; to bray. (figurative in quot. 1615.)
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > mortar or pestle
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1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe 206 (heading) Lipsian Miracles morterized.
1931 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 23 Oct. 4/7 The exhibit includes..an iron mortar and pestle, used to mortarize crude drugs.
Derivatives
ˈmortarized adj. = brayed adj. 1.
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1929 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 15 687 15 grams of mortarized dried cow feces from a manure pile were fed in the grain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
mortarizev.2
/ˈmɔːtərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmɔrdəˌraɪz/ rare.
1. transitive. To bring (clay) to the consistency of mortar.
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1852 Dickinson in Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 13 i. 237 The wet clays were mortarized (to use a coined term).
2. transitive. To apply mortar to (a structure, building material). Also figurative.
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2001 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 9 Sept. cc1 The attic floor has been ‘mortarized’, which Brody explained is ‘an 18th-century attempt at fire prevention’.
2002 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 2 May (Night & Day section) 22 The plot seems like joined bricks, the game commentators mortarize other cliches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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