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Moralize (mŏr�līz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moralized (mŏr�līzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Moralizing (mŏr�līzĭng).] [Cf. F. moraliser.] 1. To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
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This fable is moralized in a common proverb. L'Estrange.
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Did he not moralize this spectacle? Shak.
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2. To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.
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While chastening thoughts of sweetest use, bestowed
By Wisdom, moralize his pensive road. Wordsworth.
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3. To render moral; to correct the morals of.
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It had a large share in moralizing the poor white people of the country. D. Ramsay.
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4. To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
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Good and bad stars moralize not our actions. Sir T. Browne.
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Moralize (?), v. i. 1. To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
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2. to lecture to a person in a manner asserting moral principles.
Syn. -- sermonize, preachify, moralise.
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Moralizer (?), n. One who moralizes.
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Morally, adv. 1. In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality.
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By good, good morally so called, “bonum honestum” ought chiefly to be understood. South.
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2. According to moral rules; virtuously. “To live morally.” Dryden.
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3. In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships.
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4. In a manner calculated to serve as the basis of action; according to the usual course of things and human judgment; according to reason and probability.
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It is morally impossible for an hypocrite to keep himself long upon his guard. L'Estrange.
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morals n. motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
Syn. -- ethical motive, ethics, morality.
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Morass (?), n. [OE. marras, mareis (perh. through D. moeras), fr. F. marais, prob. from L. mare sea, in LL., any body of water; but perh. influenced by some German word. See a lake, and cf. .] A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
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Coloq. Morass ore . (Min.) See Bog ore, under .
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morassy (?), a. Marshy; fenny. [R.] Pennant.
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Morate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of moric acid.
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Moration (?), n. [L. moratio.] A delaying tarrying; delay. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
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Moratorium (?), n. [NL. See .] 1. (Law) A period during which an obligor has a legal right to delay meeting an obligation, esp. such a period granted, as to a bank, by a moratory law.
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2. a suspension of an activity.
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3. an officially authorized period of delay or waiting; as, a moratorium on putting a law into effect.
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Moratory (?), a. [L. moratorius delaying, fr. morari to delay.] Of or pertaining to delay; esp., designating a law passed, as in a time of financial panic, to postpone or delay for a period the time at which notes, bills of exchange, and other obligations, shall mature or become due.
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Moravian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. See , n.
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Moravian, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect called the United Brethren (an offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the middle of the 15th century. After being nearly extirpated by persecution, the society, under the name of The Renewed Church of the United Brethren, was reëstablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter.
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Moravianism (?), n. The religious system of the Moravians.
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Moray (?), n. (Zoöl.) A muræna.
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Morbid (?), a. [L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See .] 1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, a morbid condition; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant. “Her sick and morbid heart.” Hawthorne.
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2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy.
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3. Indicating an unhealthy mental attitude or disposition; especially, abnormally gloomy, to an extent not justified by the situation; preoccupied with death, disease, or fear of death; as, a morbid interest in details of a disaster.
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4. Gruesome; as, a morbid topic.
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Syn. -- Diseased; sickly; sick. -- , . Morbid is sometimes used interchangeably with diseased, but is commonly applied, in a somewhat technical sense, to cases of a prolonged nature; as, a morbid condition of the nervous system; a morbid sensibility, etc.
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Morbidezza (?), n. [It., softness, delicacy. See .] 1. (Fine Arts) Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh.
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2. (Mus.) A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy. Ludden.
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Morbidity (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being morbid.
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2. Morbid quality; disease; sickness. C. Kingsley.
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3. Amount of disease; rate of sickness.
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Morbidly (?), adv. In a morbid manner.
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Morbidness, n. The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity.
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{ Morbific (?), Morbifical (?), } a. [L. morbus disease + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. morbifique. See .] Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific matter.
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Morbillous (?), a. [LL. morbilli measles, dim. of L. morbus disease: cf. F. morbilleux.] Pertaining to the measles; partaking of the nature of measels, or resembling the eruptions of that disease; measly.
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Morbose (?), a. [L. morbosus, fr. morbus disease.] Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.
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Morbose tumors and excrescences of plants. Ray.
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Morbosity (?), n. [L. morbositas.] A diseased state; unhealthiness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
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Morceau (?), n. [F.] A bit; a morsel.
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Mordacious (?), a. [L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere, morsum, to bite. See .] Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing. -- Mordaciously, adv.
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Mordacity (?), n. [L. mordacitas: cf. F. mordacité. See .] The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality. Bacon.
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Mordant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of mordere to bite; L. mordere. See .] 1. Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
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2. (Dyeing & Calico Printing) Serving to fix colors.
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Mordant, n. [F., originally, biting.] 1. Any corroding substance used in etching.
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2. (Dyeing & Calico Printing) Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes.
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3. (Gilding) Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere.
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Mordant (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mordanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Mordanting.] To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing.
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Mordantly, adv. In the manner of a mordant.
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Mordente (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) An embellishment resembling a trill.
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Mordicancy (?), n. A biting quality; corrosiveness. [R.] Evelyn.
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Mordicant (?), a. [L. mordicans, p. pr. of mordicare to bite, fr. mordere: cf. F. mordicant.] Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body. [R.] Boyle.
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Mordication (?), n. [L. mordicatio.] The act of biting or corroding; corrosion. [R.] Bacon.
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Mordicative (?), a. [L. mordicativus.] Biting; corrosive. [R.] Holland.
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More (mōr), n. [AS. mōr. See a waste.] A hill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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More, n. [AS. more, moru; akin to G. möhre carrot, OHG. moraha, morha.] A root. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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More, a., compar. [Positive wanting; superl. Most (mōst).] [OE. more, mare, and (orig. neut. and adv.) mo, ma, AS. māra, and (as neut. and adv.) mā; akin to D. meer, OS. mēr, G. mehr, OHG. mēro, mēr, Icel. meiri, meirr, Dan. meere, meer, Sw. mera, mer, Goth. maiza, a., mais, adv., and perh. to L. major greater, compar. of magnus great, and magis, adv., more. √103. Cf. , , .] 1. Greater; superior; increased; as: (a) Greater in quality, amount, degree, quality, and the like; with the singular.
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He gat more money. Chaucer.
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If we procure not to ourselves more woe. Milton.
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☞ More, in this sense, was formerly used in connection with some other qualifying word, -- a, the, this, their, etc., -- which now requires the substitution of greater, further, or the like, for more.
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Whilst sisters nine, which dwell on Parnasse height,
Do make them music for their more delight. Spenser.
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The more part knew not wherefore they were come together. Acts xix. 32.
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Wrong not that wrong with a more contempt. Shak.
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(b) Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; -- with the plural.
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The people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. Ex. i. 9.
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2. Additional; other; as, he wept because there were no more worlds to conquer.
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With open arms received one poet more. Pope.
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More, n. 1. A greater quantity, amount, or number; that which exceeds or surpasses in any way what it is compared with.
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And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Ex. xvi. 17.
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2. That which is in addition; something other and further; an additional or greater amount.
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They that would have more and more can never have enough. L'Estrange.
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O! That pang where more than madness lies. Byron.
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Coloq. Any more . (a) Anything or something additional or further; as, I do not need any more. (b) Adverbially: Further; beyond a certain time; as, do not think any more about it. -- Coloq. No more , not anything more; nothing in addition. -- Coloq. The more and less , the high and low. [Obs.] Shak. “All cried, both less and more.” Chaucer.
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More, adv. 1. In a greater quantity; in or to a greater extent or degree. (a) With a verb or participle.
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Admiring more
The riches of Heaven's pavement. Milton.
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(b) With an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly.
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Happy here, and more happy hereafter. Bacon.
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☞ Double comparatives were common among writers of the Elizabeth period, and for some time later; as, more brighter; more dearer.
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The duke of Milan
And his more braver daughter. Shak.
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2. In addition; further; besides; again.
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Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more,
Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere,
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. Milton.
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Coloq. More and more , with continual increase. “Amon trespassed more and more.” 2 Chron. xxxiii. 23. -- Coloq. The more , to a greater degree; by an added quantity; for a reason already specified. -- Coloq. The more -- the more , by how much more -- by so much more. “The more he praised it in himself, the more he seems to suspect that in very deed it was not in him.” Milton. -- Coloq. To be no more , to have ceased to be; as, Cassius is no more; Troy is no more.
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Those oracles which set the world in flames,
Nor ceased to burn till kingdoms were no more. Byron.
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More, v. t. To make more; to increase. [Obs.] Gower.
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moreen (m�rēn), n. [Cf. .] A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; -- used in upholstery, for curtains, etc.
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morel (mŏrĕl), n. [See .] (Bot.) An edible fungus (Morchella esculenta), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces. [Written also moril.]
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morel, n. [See .] (Bot.) 1. Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries. [Written also morelle.]
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2. A kind of cherry. See .
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Coloq. Great morel , the deadly nightshade. -- Coloq. Petty morel , the black nightshade. See .
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moreland (mŏrlănd), n. Moorland.
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Morelle (?), n. [F., orig. fem. of moreau black, OF. morel, fr. LL. morellus. Cf. , .] (Bot.) Nightshade. See 2d .
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Morello (?), n. [Cf. It. morello blackish, OF. morel. Cf. .] (Bot.) A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and juice, -- used chiefly for preserving.
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Morendo (?), a. & n. [It.] (Mus.) Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or cadence.
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Moreness (?), n. Greatness. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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Moreover (?), adv. [More + over.] Beyond what has been said; further; besides; in addition; furthermore; also; likewise.
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Moreover, he hath left you all his walks. Shak.
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Syn. -- , . Of the two words, moreover is the stronger and is properly used in solemn discourse, or when what is added is important to be considered. See .
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Morepork (?), n. [So named from its cry.] (Zoöl.) The Australian crested goatsucker (Ægotheles Novæ-Hollandiæ). Also applied to other allied birds, as Podargus Cuveiri.
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Mores (mōrēz), n. pl.; sing. Mos (mōs). [L.] Customs; habits; esp., moral customs conformity to which is more or less obligatory; customary law. [singular is rarely used]
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Moresk (?), a. & n. Moresque. [Obs.]
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Moresque (?), a. [F., fr. It. moresco, or Sp. morisco. See .] Of or pertaining to, or in the manner or style of, the Moors; Moorish. -- n. The Moresque style of architecture or decoration. See Moorish architecture, under . [Written also mauresque.]
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Morgan (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of a celebrated breed of small compact American saddle and trotting horses; -- so called from the name of the stud (Justin Morgan) from which the breed originated in Vermont.
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Morgan prop. n. John Pierpont Morgan, a noted American financier and philanthropist; 1837- .
Syn. -- J. P. Morgan.
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Morganatic (?), a. [LL. matrimonium ad morganaticam, fr. morganatica a morning gift, a kind of dowry paid on the morning before or after the marriage, fr. OHG. morgan morning, in morgangeba morning gift, G. morgengabe. See .] Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband. Brande & C. -- Morganatically (#), adv.
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Morgay (?), n. [W. morgi dogfish, shark; mor sea + ci dog.] (Zoöl.) The European small-spotted dogfish, or houndfish. See the Note under .
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Morglay (?), n. [Cf. .] A sword. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Morgue (?), n. [F.] 1. A place where the bodies of dead persons are kept, until they are identified, or claimed by their friends; a deadhouse.
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2. (Newspapers) A room containing reference files of older material in a newspaper office; also, the material contained in such a room.
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Moria (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � folly.] Idiocy; imbecility; fatuity; foolishness.
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Morian (?), n. (Ethnol.) A Moor. [Obs.]
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In vain the Turks and Morians armed be. Fairfax.
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Moribund (?), a. [L. moribundus, from moriri to die. See .] In a dying state; dying; at the point of death.
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The patient was comatose and moribund. Copland.
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Moribund (?), n. A dying person. [R.]
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Moric (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, fustic (see ); as, moric acid.
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Morice (?), n. See .
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Morigerate (?), a. [L. morigeratus, p. p. of morigerari to comply with. See .] Obedient. [Obs.]
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Morigeration (?), n. [L. morigeratio.] Obsequiousness; obedience. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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Morigerous (?), a. [L. morigerus; mos, moris, custom, manner + gerere to bear, conduct.] Obedient; obsequious. [Obs.] Brathwait.
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Moril (?), n. [F. morille; cf. OHG. morhila, G. morchel, OHG. morha carrot. See a root.] (Bot.) An edible fungus. Same as 1st .
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Morin (?), n. (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance (C15H10O7) of acid properties extracted from fustic (Chlorophora tinctoria syn. Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria); -- called also moric acid and natural yellow 8. It is used as a dye for wool, giving a color from lemon yellow through olive to olive brown, depending on the metal with which it is mordanted.
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Morinda (?), n. (Bot.) A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks.
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morindin (?), n. (Chem.) A yellow dyestuff (C27H30O14) extracted from the root bark of an East Indian plant (Morinda citrifolia) or from the bark of Coprosma australis. The substance is also found in the fruit of the Morinda citrifolia, called noni, which is touted by some merchants to have a stimulatory effect on the immune system. It is a disaccharide derivative of anthracenedione.
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Morinel (?), n. [Cf. F. morinelle.] (Zoöl.) The dotterel.
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Moringa (?), prop. n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of Moringa aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben.
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Moringic (?), a. (Chem.) Designating an organic acid obtained from oil of ben. See .
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Morintannic (?), a. [NL. Morus fustic + E. tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannic acid extracted from fustic (Chlorophora tinctoria, formerly Maclura tinctoria and Morus tinctoria) as a yellow crystalline substance; -- called also maclurin.
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Morion (?), n. [F. morion, Sp. morrion; cf. Sp. morra the upper part of the head, morro anything that is round.] A kind of open helmet, without visor or beaver, and somewhat resembling a hat.
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A battered morion on his brow. Sir W. Scott.
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Morion, n. [G.] (Min.) A dark variety of smoky quartz.
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Morioplasty (?), n. [Gr. � piece (dim. of � a part + -plasty.] (Surg.) The restoration of lost parts of the body.
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