Webster's Dictionary 1913

5077

Morland

Mor″land (?), n. Moorland.

5078

Morling

Mor″ling (?), n. [Cf. F. mort dead, L. mortuus, fr. moriri to die.] Mortling. Ainsworth.

5079

Mormal

Mor″mal (?), n. [F. mort-mai a deadly evil. Nares.] A bad sore; a gangrene; a cancer. [Written also morrimal and mortmal.] Chaucer.

5080

Mormo

Mor″mo (?), n. [Gr. μορμώ a hideous she-monster, a bugbear.] A bugbear; false terror. Jonhson.

5081

Mormon

‖Mor″mon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μορμών monster, bugbear.] (Zoöl.) (a) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin. (b) The mandrill.

5082

Mormon (2)

Mor″mon (?), n.(Eccl.) One of a sect in the United States, followers of Joseph Smith, who professed to have found an addition to the Bible, engraved on golden plates, called the...

5083

Mormon (3)

Mor″mon, a. Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion; Mormon practices.

5084

Mormon (4)

Mor″mon, 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 represent...

5085

Mormondom

Mor″mon‐dom (?), n. The country inhabited by the Mormons; the Mormon people.

5086

Mormonism

Mor″mon‐ism (?), n. The doctrine, system, and practices of the Mormons.

5087

Mormonite

Mor″mon‐ite (?), n. A Mormon. — a. Mormon. “Mormonite religion.” F. W. Newman.

5088

Morn

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. Morrow, Morning.]...

5089

Morne

Mor″ne (môr″ne), a. Of or pertaining to the morn; morning. “White as morne milk.” Chaucer.

5090

Morné

‖Mor′né″ (môr′nā̍″), a. [F., fr. morne a morne.] (Her.) Without teeth, tongue, or claws; — said of a lion represented heraldically.

5091

Morne (2)

‖Morne (môrn), n. [F., fr. morne sad, sorrowful. See Mourn.] A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

5092

Morning

Morn″ing (môrn″ĭng), n. [OE. morning, morwening. See Morn.] 1. The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; th...

5093

Morning (2)

Morn″ing, 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.She looks as clearAs morn...

5094

Morning-glory

Morn″ing–glo′ry (?), n.(Bot.) A climbing plant (Ipomœa purpurea) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. Se...

5095

Morningtide

Morn″ing‐tide′ (?), n. Morning time.

5096

Mornward

Morn″ward (?), adv. Towards the morn.And mornward now the starry hands move on. Lowell.

5097

Moro

Mo″ro (?), n. [Cf. It. mora mulberry, L. morum.] (Med.) A small abscess or tumor having a resemblance to a mulberry. Dunglison.

5098

Moroccan

Mo‐roc″can (?), a. Of or pertaining to Morocco, or its inhabitants.

5099

Morocco

Mo‐roc″co (?), n. [Named from Morocco, the country. Cf. Morris the dance.] A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin)...

5100

Morology

Mo‐rol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. μωρολογία foolish talk, μω̑ροσ foolish + λόγοσ discourse.] Foolish talk; nonsense; folly.

5101

Moron

Mo″ron (?), n.(Pedagogy) A 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 ...

5102

Moron (2)

Mo‐ron″ (?), n.; Sp. pl.Morones (#). An inferior olive size having a woody pulp and a large clingstone pit, growing in the mountainous and high-valley districts around the city ...

5103

Morone

Mo‐rone″ (mō̍‐rōn″), n. Maroon; the color of an unripe black mulberry.