n. socket,joint承窝，接合处。 △Oth. 2.1.8:“What ribs of oak,when mountains melt on them. /Can hold the mortise?” i. e. Can hold together at thejoints. 什么样的橡木船能经得住这样排山倒海的巨浪，而不脱榫散架呢？
mortise
vt. fix closely and firmly (as with mortise,i.e.hole in a piece of wood,and tenon,i.e.tongueof wood)（像榫孔与榫舌一样）紧牢安装。 △Ham.3.3.19:“To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things /Are mortised and adjoined，”在它那极大的轮辐上，千孔百眼装上了千万种小物件。