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V. ~Manrent~.
MORE, MOR, _adj._ Great.
_Wyntown._
MORE, _s._ A heath.
V. ~Mure~.
MORGEOUN, _s._
V. ~Murgeoun~.
MORIANE, _adj._ Swarthy, resembling a _Moor_.
_Diallog._
Fr. _morien_, id. from Lat. _Maurita.n.u.s_.
MORMAIR, _s._ An ancient t.i.tle of honour in S. equivalent to _Earl_; from Gael. _mor_, great, and ~Mair~, q. v.
MORN, MORNE, _s._ Morrow; _to morne_, to-morrow; S. _the morne_, id.
_Douglas._
A. S. _morghen_, _morgen_; Isl. _morgun_, morrow.
MORNING-GIFT, _s._ The _gift_ conferred by a husband on his wife, on the _morning_ after marriage.
_Acts Ja. VI._
A. S. _morgen-gife_, Germ. _morgan-geba_, Teut. _morghen-gave_, id.
MOROWING, MOROWNING, _s._ Morning.
_Dunbar._
Moes. G. _maurgins_, A. S. Isl. _morgen_, id.
MORT, ~a mort~, Died, or dead.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Fr. _meurt_, 3. p. s. ind. improperly used.
~Mort~, _adj._ Fatal; _a mort cold_, i. e. a deadly cold.
_Ruddiman._
~Mort-cloth~, _s._ The pall carried over the corpse at a funeral, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Mortfundyit~, _part. pa_. Cold as death.
V. ~Mort~ and ~Fundy~.
~Mortmumlingis~, _s. pl._ Prayers muttered or _mumbled_ for the dead.
_Bannatyne P._
MORTAR, _s._
1. Coa.r.s.e clay of a reddish colour, S.
_Statist. Acc._
2. This clay as prepared for building, S.
MORTAR-STONE, _s._ A stone hollowed out, formerly used as a mortar, for preparing barley by separating it from the husks, S.
_Pinkerton._
MORTERSHEEN, _s._ A fatal species of glanders; q. _mort aux chien_, a carcase for dogs.
_Spalding._
_To_ MORTIFY, _v. a._ To give in mortmain, S.
_Erskine._
L. B. _mortificare terras_, id.
~Mortification~, _s._
1. The act of giving in mortmain, S.
