miter vs mortise

miter

mortise

verb
  • To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern. 

  • To join by a mortise and tenon. 

  • To cut a mortise in. 

noun
  • A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint. 

  • Stability; power of adhesion. 

How often have the words miter and mortise occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )