I am referring to this particular phrase
registers against the face
which can be heard in this video:
some quotes:
- does show a taper from one end to the other we're going to be registering the
- square and the gauge against the tooth registration faces face mark and face
- the middle just for any belly just because we're going to be registering a router against that to make sure the surface of the Tenons are parallel to
- knife wall across here up onto this edge using the registration faces every
- registration faces these points will come out exactly
- on the shoulder just like that so this line is registered with this line
- Tenons so your tenon's gonna go you're gonna register against this face mark
- registered against the right face here run the gaze line run it on to the end here
- take it down and I keep this registered here watch this now so I'm going to take
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The dictionaries I checked fail to give the answer. What does "register against the face" mean in the context of woodworking and technical/mechanical stuff.