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Moric Mo"ric adjective Pertaining to, or derived from, fustic (see Morin ); as, moric acid.

Morice Mor"ice noun See Morisco .

Morigerate Mo·rig"er·ate adjective [ Latin morigeratus , past participle of morigerari to comply with. See Morigerous .] Obedient. [ Obsolete]

Morigeration Mo·rig`er·a"tion noun [ Latin morigeratio .] Obsequiousness; obedience. [ Obsolete] Evelyn.

Morigerous Mo·rig"er·ous adjective [ Latin morigerus ; mos , moris , custom, manner + gerere to bear, conduct.] Obedient; obsequious. [ Obsolete] Brathwait.

Moril Mor"il noun [ French morille ; confer Old High German morhila , German morchel , Old High German morha carrot. See More a root.] (Botany) An edible fungus. Same as 1st Morel .

Morin Mo"rin noun (Chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted from fustic ( Maclura tinctoria , formerly called Morus tinctoria ); - - called also moric acid .

Morinda Mo·rin"da noun (Botany) A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks.

Morindin Mo·rin"din noun (Chemistry) A yellow dyestuff extracted from the root bark of an East Indian plant ( Morinda citrifolia ).

Morinel Mor"i·nel` noun [ Confer French morinelle .] (Zoology) The dotterel.

Moringa Mo·rin"ga noun [ Malayam murunggi .] (Botany) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species ( Moringa pterygosperma ) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of M. aptera , are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts , and yield the oil called oil of ben .

Moringic Mo·rin"gic adjective (Chemistry) Designating an organic acid obtained from oil of ben. See Moringa .

Morintannic Mo`rin·tan"nic adjective [ New Latin Morus fustic + English tannic .] (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannic acid extracted from fustic ( Maclura, formerly Morus, tinctoria ) as a yellow crystalline substance; -- called also maclurin .

Morion Mo"ri·on noun [ French morion , Spanish morrion ; confer Spanish morra the upper part of the head, morro anything that is round.] A kind of open helmet, without visor or beaver, and somewhat resembling a hat.

A battered morion on his brow.

Sir W. Scott.

Morion Mo"ri·on noun [ G.] (Min.) A dark variety of smoky quartz.

Morioplasty Mo"ri·o·plas`ty noun [ Greek ... piece (dim. of ... a part + -plasty .] (Surg.) The restoration of lost parts of the body.

Morisco Mo·ris"co (mo*rĭs"ko) adjective [ Spanish See Morris the dance.] Moresque.

Morisco Mo·ris"co noun [ Spanish 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.

Morisk Mo"risk noun Same as Morisco .

Morkin Mor"kin noun [ Akin to Swedish murken putrefied, Icelandic morkinn putrid.] A beast that has died of disease or by mischance. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Morland Mor"land noun Moorland. [ Obsolete]

Morling Mor"ling noun [ Confer French mort dead, Latin mortuus , from moriri to die.] Mortling. [ Eng.] Ainsworth.

Mormal Mor"mal noun [ French mort-mai a deadly evil. Nares .] A bad sore; a gangrene; a cancer. [ Obsolete] [ Written also morrimal and mortmal .] Chaucer.

Mormo Mor"mo noun [ Greek mormw` a hideous she-monster, a bugbear.] A bugbear; false terror. [ Obsolete] Jonhson.

Mormon Mor"mon noun [ New Latin , from Greek mormw`n monster, bugbear.] (Zoology) (a) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin. (b) The mandrill.

Mormon Mor"mon noun (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 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.

» 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.

Mormon Mor"mon adjective Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion; Mormon practices.

Mormon Mor"mon noun (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.

Mormondom Mor"mon·dom noun The country inhabited by the Mormons; the Mormon people.

Mormonism Mor"mon·ism noun The doctrine, system, and practices of the Mormons.

Mormonite Mor"mon·ite noun A Mormon. -- adjective Mormon. " Mormonite religion." F. W. Newman.

Morn Morn (môrn) noun [ Middle English morwen , morgen , Anglo-Saxon morgen ; akin to Dutch morgen , Old Saxon morgan , German morgen , Icelandic morginn , morgunn , Swedish morgon , Danish morgen , Goth. maúrgins . Confer Morrow , Morning .] The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry.

From morn
To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve.

Milton.

Morne Mor"ne (môr"n e ) adjective Of or pertaining to the morn; morning. [ Obsolete] "White as morne milk." Chaucer.

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

Morné Mor`né" (môr`na") adjective [ French, from morne a morne.] (Her.) Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion represented heraldically.

Morning Morn"ing (môrn"ĭng) noun [ Middle English 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; the time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc.

2. The first or early part; as, the morning of life.

3. The goddess Aurora. [ Poetic] Shak.

Morning Morn"ing adjective 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 clear
As morning roses newly washed with dew.

Shak.

Morning gown , a gown worn in the morning before one is dressed for the day. -- Morning gun , a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at military posts. -- Morning sickness (Medicine) , nausea and vomiting, usually occurring in the morning; -- a common sign of pregnancy. -- Morning star . (a) Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn) when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Confer Evening star , Evening . (b) Satan. See Lucifer .

Since he miscalled the morning star ,
Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far.

Byron.

(c) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes, either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a chain. -- Morning watch (Nautical) , the watch between four A. M. and eight A. M. .

Morning-glory Morn"ing-glo`ry noun (Botany) A climbing plant ( Ipomœa purpurea ) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal .

Morningtide Morn"ing·tide` noun Morning time. [ Poetic]

Mornward Morn"ward adverb Towards the morn. [ Poetic]

And mornward now the starry hands move on.

Lowell.

Moro Mo"ro noun [ Confer Italian mora mulberry, Latin morum .] (Medicine) A small abscess or tumor having a resemblance to a mulberry. Dunglison.

Moroccan Mo·roc"can adjective Of or pertaining to Morocco, or its inhabitants.

Morocco Mo·roc"co noun [ Named from Morocco , the country. Confer Morris 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.

Morology Mo·rol"o·gy noun [ Greek mwrologi`a foolish talk, mw^ros foolish + lo`gos discourse.] Foolish talk; nonsense; folly. [ Obsolete]

Moron Mo"ron noun (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 development.

Moron Mo·ron" noun ; Spanish plural Morones . [ Spanish ] 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.

Morone Mo·rone" (mo*rōn") noun Maroon; the color of an unripe black mulberry.

Moros Mo"ros noun plural ; sing. Moro [ Spanish , plural 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.

Morosaurus Mo`ro·sau"rus noun [ New Latin , from Greek mw^ros stupid + sau^ros lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America.

Morose Mo·rose" (mo*rōs") adjective [ Latin morosus , prop., excessively addicted to any particular way or habit, from mos , moris , manner, habit, way of life: confer French morose .] 1. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe. "A morose and affected taciturnity." I. Watts.

2. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts. [ Obsolete]

Syn. -- Sullen; gruff; severe; austere; gloomy; crabbed; crusty; churlish; surly; ill-humored.

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