Morocco, mo-rok′ō, n. a fine goat-skin leather, tanned with sumac, first brought from Morocco, afterwards from the Levant and elsewhere: a sheep-skin leather in imitation of this: a very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.—adj. consisting of Morocco.—French morocco, an inferior kind of Levant morocco, with small grain; Levant morocco, a fine quality of morocco, with large grain; Persian morocco, a morocco finished on the grain side.
Morology, mō-rol′o-ji, n. foolish talk. [Gr., mōros, a fool, logia—legein, to speak.]
Morose, mō-rōs′, adj. of a sour temper: gloomy: severe.—adv. Morose′ly.—ns. Morose′ness, quality of being morose—(obs.) Moros′ity. [L. morosus, peevish—mos, moris, manner.]
Morpheus, mor′fūs, n. a god of dreams: sleep.—adjs. Morphē′an, Morphet′ic. [L.]
Morphia, mor′fi-a, n. the chief narcotic principle of opium: a drug which causes sleep or deadens pain—also Mor′phine.—ns. Mor′phinism; Morphiomā′nia; Morphiomā′niac. [Coined from Gr. Morpheus, god of dreams—morphē, shape.]
Morphic, mor′fik, adj. relating to form, morphological.—n. Morphogen′esis, the production of morphological characters.—adj. Morphogenet′ic.—ns. Morphog′eny, the genesis of form: morphology; Morphog′rapher; Morphog′raphy, descriptive morphology.—adjs. Morpholog′ic, -al.—ns. Morphol′ogist, one who is versed in, or who writes upon, morphology; Morphol′ogy, the science of organic form, of the development of the forms of living organisms; Morphon′omy, the laws of morphology; Morphō′sis, morphogenesis.—adj. Morphot′ic. [Gr. morphē, form.]
Morrhua, mor′ōō-a, n. the chief genus of gadoid fishes, including the cod (Gadus).
Morris, Morrice, mor′is, Morr′is-dance, n. a Moorish dance: a dance in which bells, rattles, tambours, &c. are introduced.—v.i. Morr′is, to perform by dancing.—ns. Morr′is-danc′er; Morr′is-pike (Shak.), a Moorish pike.—Nine men's morris, an old English game in which a figure of squares, one within another, was marked out on aboard or on the turf, and eighteen pieces or stones, nine for each side, were moved alternately as at draughts—also Nine men's merils. [Sp. morisco, Moorish—Sp. moro, a Moor.]
Morrow, mor′ō, n. the day following the present: to-morrow: the next following day: the time immediately after any event.—n. To-morr′ow, next day—also adv. [M. E. morwe=morwen; cf. Morn.]
Morse, mors, n. the walrus or sea-horse. [Russ. morjŭ, a morse, prob. from more, the sea.]