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self-sufficient (iou) and Mortise (medicine)


self-sufficient (iou)



self-sufficient adjective. L16.
[from SELF- + SUFFICIENT adjective.]
Able to supply one's needs oneself, spec. (of a person, nation, etc.) self-reliant, self-supporting, independent; able to provide enough of a commodity (as Food, oil, etc.) from one's own resources without the need to obtain goods from elsewhere (foll. by in the commodity). L16.
C. Francis North Sea oil should..make Britain self-sufficient in energy. S. Bellow A very self-sufficient person, with a life plan of his own. absol.: T. Ken Thou self-originated Deity,..Thou Self-sufficient, by thy self didst reign.
Content with one's own opinion, confident in one's powers, arrogant. M18.
self-sufficientness noun (rare) = SELF-SUFFICIENCY L19.

Mortise (medicine)


mortise


A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or Other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon. Mortise and tenon, made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; used adjectively. Mortise joint, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. Mortise lock. See Lock. Mortise wheel, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge; also called mortise gear, and core gear.

Origin: F. Mortaise; cf. Sp. Mortaja, Ar. Murtazz fixed, or W. Mortais, Ir. Mortis, moirtis, Gael. Moirteis.

Source: Websters Dictionary