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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.

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