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Look up: mort

  1. Mort
    Mort noun [ French mort dummy, lit., dead.] A variety of dummy whist for three players; also, the exposed or dummy hand in this game.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/104

  2. Mort
    Mort noun [ Confer Icelandic margt , neut. of margr many.] A great quantity or number. [ Prov. Eng.] « There was a mort of merrymaking.» Dickens.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/104

  3. Mort
    Mort noun [ Etym. uncert.] A woman; a female. [ Cant] « Male gypsies all, not a mort among them.» B. Jonson.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/104

  4. Mort
    Mort noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoology) A salmon in its third year. [ Prov. Eng.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/104

  5. Mort
    Mort noun [ French, death, from Latin mors , mortis .] 1. Death; esp., the death of game in the chase. 2. A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game. « The sportsman then sounded a treble mort Sir W. Scott. 3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Mort cloth , ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/104

  6. mort
    A woman; a female. 'Male gypsies all, not a mort among them.' (B. Jonson) ... Origin: Etym. Uncert. ... 1. Death; especially, the death of game in the chase. ... 2. A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game. 'The sportsman then sounded a treble mort.' (Sir W. Scott) ... 3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. Mor ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. Mort
    `Mort` is a `Discworld` novel by Terry Pratchett and also the name of its main character. Published in 1987, it is the fourth `Discworld` novel and the first to focus on the Death of the Discworld, who only appeared as a side character in the previous novels.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort

  8. MoRT
    `MoRT` (an acronym for `Metamorphosis of Realistic Theories`; `Mort` is also the French word for `death`) is an avant-garde metal album by French black metal band Blut aus Nord, released in 2006. On this release the band completely abandons traditional black metal songwriting and structure for a sort of free-form dissonance which, while intricately structured, confounds the listener's traditional perceptions of what constitutes structure. Some li...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoRT

  9. Mort
    • (n.) A great quantity or number. • (n.) Death; esp., the death of game in the chase. • (n.) A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game. • (n.) The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. • (n.) A salmon in its third year. • (n.) A woman; a female. • (n.) A variety of dummy whist f...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Mort
    Mort is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Moor` Where is it used? The name Mort is mainly used In English.It is an abbreviated form of Mortimer, used In English.Morton, used In English.See also In English: Morty From Old English. The name Mort doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Mort se
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Mort


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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