mortise lock

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mortise lock [′mȯrd·əs ‚läk]

(design engineering)

A lock designed to be installed in a mortise rather than on a door's surface.

mortise lock

mortise lock

A lock designed to be installed in a mortise rather than applied to a door’s surface.

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No references found			Also known as a barrel key or bit key, a skelton key generally refers to an old-style mortise locks and lock bumping is where someone tries to insert keys into other people''s locks to gain access. What Is Lock Bumping and What Is a Skelton Key? by Yodle Local / General interest community But there are also some very capable rim deadlocks that are recommended for doors that lack the thickness to fit a mortise lock. Safe and sound? by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Checking that the exit doors have at least a 5-lever thumb turn mortise lock. Top advice for students looking to rent a home by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			Mortefontaine Treaty of 1800 Morteratsch Mortgage Mortgage Credit mortgage lien mortgagee mortgagor mortice Mortier, Edouard Adolphe Mortillet, Gabriel de Mortimer Mortimer's Cross Mortimer, Charles G. Mortimer, Edmund de, 3d earl of March and 1st earl of Ulster Mortimer, Edmund de, 5th earl of March and 3d earl of Ulster Mortimer, Roger de, 1st earl of March Mortimer, Roger de, 4th earl of March and 2d earl of Ulster Mortimer, Sir Edmund de mortise mortise and tenon mortise bolt mortise chisel mortise gauge mortise joint mortise latch mortise lock mortise machine mortise pin mortise preparation mortise-and-tenon joint mortised astragal mortising machine mortlake Mortmain Morton Morton County Morton Grove Morton's neuroma Morton, Arthur Leslie Morton, Ferdinand Morton, James Douglas, 4th earl Morton, James Douglas, 4th earl of Morton, Jelly Roll Morton, John Morton, Julius Sterling Morton, Levi P. Morton, Levi Parsons Morton, Nathaniel Morton, Oliver Perry Morton, Rosalie Slaughter Morton, Samuel George			Mortimer, Sir Edmund de Mortimer-Filkins Questionnaire Mortimers Mortimers mortinatality Mortis & tennon Mortis & tennon Mortis and tennon Mortis and tennon Mortis Hora mortise mortise mortise Mortise and Tennon Join Mortise and Tennon Join Mortise and tenon Mortise and tenon Mortise and tenon Mortise and tenon mortise and tenon joint mortise bolt mortise chisel mortise chisel mortise gauge mortise gear mortise joint mortise joint mortise joint mortise latch mortise latch mortise lock mortise locks mortise locks mortise machine mortise pin mortise preparation Mortise wheel mortise-and-tenon joint mortise-and-tenon joint mortise-and-tenon joint mortised mortised mortised mortised astragal Mortiser Mortiser Mortiser mortisers mortisers mortisers mortises mortises mortises mortising mortising mortising mortising machine Mortlake Mortlake Anglian and Alpha Boat Club Mortlake, London, England Mortling

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