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Morisco (m�rĭsk�), a. [Sp. See the dance.] Moresque.
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Morisco, n. [Sp. morisco Moorish.] A thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language. (b) A Moorish dance, now called morris dance. Marston. (c) One who dances the Moorish dance. Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or architecture.
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Morisk (?), n. Same as .
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Morkin (?), n. [Akin to Sw. murken putrefied, Icel. morkinn putrid.] A beast that has died of disease or by mischance. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Morland (?), n. Moorland. [Obs.]
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Morling (?), n. [Cf. F. mort dead, L. mortuus, fr. moriri to die.] Mortling. [Eng.] Ainsworth.
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Mormal (?), n. [F. mort-mai a deadly evil. Nares.] A bad sore; a gangrene; a cancer. [Obs.] [Written also morrimal and mortmal.] Chaucer.
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Mormo (?), n. [Gr. mormw a hideous she-monster, a bugbear.] A bugbear; false terror. [Obs.] Jonhson.
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Mormon (?), prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. mormwn monster, bugbear.] (Zoöl.) (a) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin. (b) The mandrill.
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Mormon (?), prop. n. (Eccl.) One of a Christian denomination (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) in the United States, followers of Joseph Smith, who professed to have found an addition to the Bible, engraved on golden plates, called the Coloq. Book of Mormon , first published in 1830. The Mormons believe in polygamy, and their hierarchy of apostles, etc., has control of civil and religious matters.
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☞ The Mormons call their religious organization The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its head claims to receive revelations of God's will, and to have certain supernatural powers. The church headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah. They form a substantial fraction of the population of Utah, and at the end of the 20th centrury their numbers were increasing due to active proselytization.
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Mormon, n. (Eccl.) A member of a sect, called the Reorganized Church of Jesus of Latterday Saints, which has always rejected polygamy. It was organized in 1852, and is represented in about forty States and Territories of the United States.
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Mormon, a. Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion; Mormon practices.
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Mormondom (?), n. The country inhabited by the Mormons; the Mormon people.
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Mormonism (?), n. The doctrine, system, and practices of the Mormons.
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Mormonite (?), n. A Mormon. -- a. Mormon. “Mormonite religion.” F. W. Newman.
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Morn (môrn), n. [OE. morwen, morgen, AS. morgen; akin to D. morgen, OS. morgan, G. morgen, Icel. morginn, morgunn, Sw. morgon, Dan. morgen, Goth. maúrgins. Cf. , .] The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry.
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From morn
To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve. Milton.
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Morne (môrn�), a. Of or pertaining to the morn; morning. [Obs.] “White as morne milk.” Chaucer.
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Morne (môrn), n. [F., fr. morne sad, sorrowful. See .] A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.
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Morné (môrn�), a. [F., fr. morne a morne.] (Her.) Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion represented heraldically.
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Morning (môrnĭng), n. [OE. morning, morwening. See .] 1. The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc.
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2. The first or early part; as, the morning of life.
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3. The goddess Aurora. [Poetic] Shak.
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Morning, a. Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service.
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She looks as clear
As morning roses newly washed with dew. Shak.
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Coloq. Morning gown , a gown worn in the morning before one is dressed for the day. -- Coloq. Morning gun , a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at military posts. -- Coloq. Morning sickness (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually occurring in the morning; -- a common sign of pregnancy. -- Coloq. Morning star . (a) Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn) when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf. Evening star, . (b) Satan. See .
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Since he miscalled the morning star,
Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far. Byron.
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(c) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes, either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a chain. -- Coloq. Morning watch (Naut.), the watch between four a. m. and eight a. m..
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Morning-glory (?), n. (Bot.) A climbing plant (Ipomœa purpurea) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See .
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Morningtide (?), n. Morning time. [Poetic]
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Mornward (?), adv. Towards the morn. [Poetic]
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And mornward now the starry hands move on. Lowell.
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Moro (mōr�), n. [Cf. It. mora mulberry, L. morum.] (Med.) A small abscess or tumor having a resemblance to a mulberry. Dunglison.
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Moro (mōr�), prop. n.; pl. Moros (mōr�s). [Sp., moor. See , n. and .] 1. (Ethnol.) A member of any of the , a group one of various tribes of the southern Phillippine Islands, mostly Malays adhering to Mohammedanism.
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2. (Linguistics) Any of the languages of the Moro people, of the Austronesian language family.
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Moroccan (?), a. Of or pertaining to Morocco, or its inhabitants.
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Morocco (?), n. [Named from Morocco, the country. Cf. the dance.] A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the Moors.
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Morology (?), n. [Gr. mwrologia foolish talk, mw^ros foolish + logos discourse.] Foolish talk; nonsense; folly. [Obs.]
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Moron (mōrŏn), n. [Gr. mw^ros foolish, stupid.] 1. (Pedagogy) A mentally retarded person whose intellectual development proceeds normally up to about the eighth year of age and is then arrested so that there is little or no further development; an adult having the mental development of an 8-to-12-year old. A moron is considered capable of doing routine work under supervision.
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2. Hence, a very stupid person. [informal, derogatory]
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-- moronic adj. -- moronically adv. -- moronism n. -- moronity n.

Moron (m�rōn), n.; Sp. pl. Morones (#). [Sp.] An inferior olive size having a woody pulp and a large clingstone pit, growing in the mountainous and high-valley districts around the city of Moron, in Spain.
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Morone (m�rōn), n. Maroon; the color of an unripe black mulberry.
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moronic adj. having a mental age of between eight and twelve years; also used as a derogatory term.
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Moros (?), n. pl.; sing. Moro (�). [Sp., pl. of Moro Moor.] (Ethnol.) The Mohammedan tribes of the southern Philippine Islands, said to have formerly migrated from Borneo. Some of them are warlike and addicted to piracy.
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Morosaurus (?), n. [NL., from Gr. mw^ros stupid + sau^ros lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America.
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Morose (m�rōs), a. [L. morosus, prop., excessively addicted to any particular way or habit, fr. mos, moris, manner, habit, way of life: cf. F. morose.] 1. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe. “A morose and affected taciturnity.” I. Watts.
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2. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts. [Obs.]
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Syn. -- Sullen; gruff; severe; austere; gloomy; crabbed; crusty; churlish; surly; ill-humored.
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Morosely (?), adv. Sourly; with sullen austerity.
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Moroseness, n. Sourness of temper; sulenness.
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Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts.
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☞ Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompanied with it. It denotes more of silence and severity, or ill-humor, than the irritability or irritation which characterizes peevishness.
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Morosis (m�rōsĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mwrwsis, fr. mw^ros silly, foolish.] (Med.) Idiocy; fatuity; stupidity.
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Morosity (?), n. [L. morositas: cf. F. morosité.] Moroseness. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
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Morosoph (?), n. [Gr. mo^ros foolish + sofos wise. See also .] A philosophical or learned fool. [Obs.]
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Morosous (?), a. Morose. [Obs.] Sheldon.
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Moroxite (?), n. [Cf. Gr. �, �, a sort of pipe clay.] (Min.) A variety of apatite of a greenish blue color.
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Moroxylate (?), n. (Chem.) A morate.
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Moroxylic (?), a. [L. morus a mulberry tree + Gr. � wood.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the mulberry; moric.
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Morphean (?), a. Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep. Keats.
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morph (môrf), n. (Linguistics) A sequence of phonemes, often a word fragment, which constitutes the minimum unit of meaning or syntax within a given word. A morph may be one of several variants of a morpheme, depending for its individal form on the context in which it occurs. Thus the morphs -s and -es are variants of the morpheme by which the plural form of an English noun is expressed.
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morph (môrf), v. i. & t. To transform smoothly in imperceptible steps from one image to another, on a computer screen.
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morpheme (môrfēm), n. (Linguistics) The smallest unit of meaning of a language, which cannot be divided into smaller parts carrying meaning; it is usually smaller than a single wordform, such as the -ed morpheme of verbs in the past tense or the -s morpheme of nouns in the plural form.
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morphemic (môrfēmĭk), a. (Linguistics) Of or pertaining to a morpheme.
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-- morphemically, adv.

morphemics (môrfēmĭks), n. (Linguistics) The study of the types and functions of morphemes; morphology{4}.
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Morpheus (môrfūs or môrf�ŭs), n. [L., fr. Gr. Morfeys prop., the fashioner or molder, because of the shapes he calls up before the sleeper, fr. morfh form, shape.] (Class. Myth.) The god of dreams.
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Morphew (?), n. [F. morpheé, LL. morphea; cf. It. morfea.] A scurfy eruption. [Obs.] Drayton.
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Morphew, v. t. To cover with a morphew. [Obs.]
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Morphia (?), n. [NL.] (Chem.) Morphine.
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Morphine (?), n. [From Morpheus: cf. F. morphine.] (Chem.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium, possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyne; -- called also morphia, and morphina.
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morphing (môrfĭng), n. (Computers) The smooth transformation of one shape or image into another, displayed on the computer screen as a series of images that appear to be continuous, as if in a movie.
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morphinism (?), n. (Med.) A morbid condition produced by the excessive or prolonged use of morphine.
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morpho (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, an epithet of Venus.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome, tropical American butterflies, of the genus Morpho. They are noted for the very brilliant metallic luster and bright colors (often blue) of the upper surface of the wings. The lower surface is usually brown or gray, with eyelike spots.
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morphogenesis (Biol.) The development of the tissues and organs of an organism; the formation of structural features of an organism.
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morphogenetic (Biol.) Of or pertaining to morphogenesis; concerned with the process of development of the normal features of an organism.
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Morphogeny (?), n. [form + root of � to be born.] (Biol.) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms; -- distinguished from physiogeny. Haeckel.
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{ Morphologic (?), Morphological (?), } a. [Cf. F. morphologique.] (Biol.) Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology. -- Morphologically, adv.
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Morphologist (?), n. (Biol.) One who is versed in the science of morphology.
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Morphology (?), n. [Gr. morfh form + -logy: cf. F. morphologie.] 1. (Biol.) That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See , and .
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2. (Biol.) The form and structure of an organism.
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3. (Linguistics) The branch of linguistics which studies the patterns by which words are formed from other words, including inflection, compounding, and derivation.
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4. Specifically: The study of the patterns of inflection of words or word classes in any given language; the study of the patterns in which morphemes combine to form words, and the rules for combination; morphemics; as, the morphology of Spanish verbs; also, the inflection patterns themselves.
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Morphon (?), n. [Gr. �, p. pr. of � to form.] (Biol.) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, in distinction from bion, a physiological individual. See . Haeckel.
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☞ Of morphons there are six orders or categories: 1. Plastids or elementary organisms. 2. Organs, homoplastic or heteroplastic. 3. Antimeres (opposite or symmetrical or homotypic parts). 4. Metameres (successive or homodynamous parts). 5. Personæ (shoots or buds of plants, individuals in the narrowest sense among the higher animals). 6. Corms (stocks or colonies). For orders 2, 3, and 4 the term idorgan has been recently substituted. See .
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Morphonomy (?), n. [Gr. morfh form + � a law.] (Biol.) The laws of organic formation.
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Morphophyly (?), n. [Gr. morfh form + � a clan.] (Biol.) The tribal history of forms; that part of phylogeny which treats of the tribal history of forms, in distinction from the tribal history of functions. Haeckel.
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Morphosis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. morfwsis form, fr. morfh form.] (Biol.) The order or mode of development of an organ or part.
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Morphotic (?), a. [Gr. � fit for forming.] (Physiol.) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework; as, morphotic, or tissue, proteids. Foster.
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-morphous (?). [Gr. morfh form.] A combining form denoting form, shape; as, isomorphous.
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Morpion (?), n. [F., fr. mordre to bite + L. pedis louse.] (Zoöl.) A louse. Hudibras.
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Morrice (?), n. Same as 1st .
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Morrice, a. Dancing the morrice; dancing.
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In shoals and bands, a morrice train. Wordsworth.
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Morricer (?), n. A morris dancer. [Obs.]
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Morrimal (?), n. & a. See .
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Morris (?), n. [Sp. morisco Moorish, fr. Moro a Moor: cf. F. moresque, It. moresca.] 1. A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets.
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2. A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictitious characters.
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3. An old game played with counters, or men, which are placed at the angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the ground; also, the board or ground on which the game is played.
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The nine-men's morris is filled up with mud. Shak.
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☞ The figure consists of three concentric squares, with lines from the angles of the outer one to those of the inner, and from the middle of each side of the outer square to that of the inner. The game is played by two persons with nine or twelve pieces each (hence called nine-men's morris or twelve-men's morris). The pieces are placed alternately, and each player endeavors to prevent his opponent from making a straight row of three. Should either succeed in making a row, he may take up one of his opponent's pieces, and he who takes off all of his opponent's pieces wins the game.
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Morris (?), n. [So called from its discoverer.] (Zoöl.) A marine fish having a very slender, flat, transparent body. It is now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.
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Morris-chair (?), n. [Prob. fr. the proper name Morris.] A kind of easy-chair with a back which may be lowered or raised.
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Morris-pike (?), n. A Moorish pike. [Obs.]
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Morro (?), n. [Sp., any spherical object.] A round hill or point of land; hence, Coloq. Morro castle , a castle on a hill.
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Morrot (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Morrow (?), n. [OE. morwe, morwen, AS. morgen. See .] 1. Morning. [Obs.] “White as morrow's milk.” Bp. Hall.
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We loved he by the morwe a sop in wine. Chaucer.
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2. The next following day; the day subsequent to any day specified or understood. Lev. vii. 16.
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Till this stormy night is gone,
And the eternal morrow dawn. Crashaw.
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3. The day following the present; to-morrow.
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Coloq. Good morrow , good morning; -- a form of salutation. -- Coloq. To morrow . See in the Vocabulary.
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Morse (?), n. [F. morse, Russ. morj'; perh. akin to E. mere lake; cf. Russ. more sea.] (Zoöl.) The walrus. See .
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Morse, n. [L. morsus a biting, a clasp, fr. mordere to bite.] A clasp for fastening garments in front. Fairholt.
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Morse alphabet (?). same as .
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Morse code (?). (Teleg.) a telegraphic code, in which dots, dashes, and spaces represent letters, numbers, and other elements of text. The original code was invented by Samuel B. Morse. The code now mostly used is the International Morse code, also referred to simply as the Morse code.
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The present International Morse Code is given in the table below. There are no spaces in the International Morse Code.

 

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A .-          H ....       O ---          V ...-

B -...        I ..         P .--.         W .--

C _._.        J .---       Q --.-         X -..-

D -..         K -.-        R .-.          Y -.--

E .           L .-..       S ...          Z --..

F ..-.        M --         T -

G --.         N -.         U ..-



 



1 .----       4 ....-          7 --...

2 ..---       5 .....          8 ---..

3 ...--       6 -....          9 ----.

0 -----      


 



 . (Period)            .-.-.-    , (Comma)             --..--

 ? (Question Mark)     ..--..    ; (Semicolon)         -.-.-.
 : (Colon)             ---...    ' (apostrophe)        .----.
 - (hyphen)            -....-    / (forward slash)     -..-.
 ( (left parenthesis)  -.--.     ) (right parenthesis) -.--.-
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The Alphabetic code which was originally in use in North America is given in the table below. In length, or duration, one dash is theoretically equal to three dots; the space between the elements of a letter is equal to one dot; the interval in spaced letters, as O . ., is equal to three dots. There are no spaces in any letter composed wholly or in part of dashes.

 



A .-          H ....       O . .          V ...-

B - . . .     I ..         P .....        W .--

C .. .        J -.-.       Q ..-.         X .-..

D -..         K -.-        R . ..         Y .. ..

E .           L —    S ...          Z ... .

F .-.         M --         T --           & . ...

G --.         N -.         U ..-



 



1 .--.        4 . . . .-          7 --..

2 ..-..       5 ---               8 - . . . .

3 . . . -.    6 . . . . . .       9 -..-

0 ----     Period ..--..   Comma .-.-

The Morse code was used chiefly with the electric telegraph, but is also employed in signalling with flags, lights, etc.
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Morsel (?), n. [OF. morsel, F. morceau, LL. morsellus, a dim. fr. L. morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite; prob. akin to E. smart. See , and cf. , , , v., , n.] 1. A little bite or bit of food. Chaucer.
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Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a new labor to a tired digestion. South.
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2. A small quantity; a little piece; a fragment.
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Morsing horn (?). A horn or flask for holding powder, as for priming. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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Morsitation (?), n. The act of biting or gnawing. [Obs.]
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Morsure (?), n. [F., fr. L. mordere, morsum, to bite.] The act of biting. Swift.
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Mort (?), n. [Cf. Icel. margt, neut. of margr many.] A great quantity or number. [Prov. Eng.]
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There was a mort of merrymaking. Dickens.
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Mort, n. [Etym. uncert.] A woman; a female. [Cant, archaic]
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Male gypsies all, not a mort among them. B. Jonson.
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Mort, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.) A salmon in its third year. [Prov. Eng.]
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Mort, n. [F., death, fr. L. mors, mortis.] 1. Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.
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2. A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game.
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The sportsman then sounded a treble mort. Sir W. Scott.
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3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Coloq. Mort cloth , the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth indicative or mourning; funeral hangings. Carlyle. -- Coloq. Mort stone , a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin. [Eng.] H. Taylor.
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Mort (?), n. [F. mort dummy, lit., dead.] A variety of dummy whist for three players; also, the exposed or dummy hand in this game.
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Mortal (?), a. [F. mortel, L. mortalis, from mors, mortis, death, fr. moriri 8die; akin to E. murder. See , and cf. , a lake, .] 1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.
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2. Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.
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3. Fatally vulnerable; vital.
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Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work. Milton.
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4. Of or pertaining to the time of death.
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Safe in the hand of one disposing Power,
Or in the natal or the mortal hour. Pope.
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5. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
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The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright. Dryden.
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6. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power.
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The voice of God
To mortal ear is dreadful. Milton.
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7. Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.
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Coloq. Mortal foe , Coloq. Mortal enemy , an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction.
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Mortal, n. A being subject to death; a human being; man. “Warn poor mortals left behind.” Tickell.
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Mortality (?), n. [L. mortalitas: cf. F. mortalité.] 1. The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying.
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When I saw her die,
I then did think on your mortality. Carew.
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