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A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one.

• Shapely
  Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical.
• Tonguefish
  A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.
• MAKEBELIEF
  A feigning to believe; make believe. J. H. Newman.
• WHICHEVERWHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• Jointuring
  of Jointure
• Pullet
  A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl.
• Shaper
  One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes.
• Tongueless
  Having no tongue.
• MAKEBELIEVE
  A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention. "Childlike make-believe." Tylor. To forswear self-delusion and make-believe. M. Arnold.
• Flaring
  of Flare
• Jointureless
  Having no jointure.
• Makeshift
  That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.
• Pulleys
  of Pulley
• Shapoo
  The oorial.
• Tonguelet
  A little tongue.
• MAKEGAME
  An object of ridicule; a butt. Godwin.
• Between
  In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.

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