moril 
moril, ii. See morel". 
morilliform{mo-ril'i-f6rm), a. [< morel' 2 , moril, 
+ L. forma, shape.] Having the shape or ap- 
pearance of a morel or moril. See morel 2 . 
morillon (mo-ril'on), . [< F. morillon, a shel- 
drake, also a kind of black grape (Cotgrave), < 
OF. morel, dark: Bee morel 1 .] 1. The golden- 
eye, Clanijiila glaucion : so called with reference 
to the black head, neck, and back. Pennant, 
Arc. Zool., 1785. 2. Same as morello. 
Morilloni we have from Germany and other places be- 
vond sea ; . . the outer side is like a honey-combe. 
Aubrey's Royal Soc. MS. 
morin (mo'rin), n. [< L. morns, mulberry-tree 
(see Morns), + -in 2 .] A yellow coloring matter 
obtained from fustic, Chloropliora tinctoria. 
Morinda (mo-rin'da), n. [NL. (Vaillant, 1722), 
so called from the shape and color of its fruit, 
and its locality ; irreg. < L. morns, the mulber- 
ry, + Indicus, Indian.] A genus of rubiaceous 
plants, type of the tribe Morindeee, distinguished 
by its small heads of many confluent flowers. 
About 40 species are known, all tropical, mainly in Asia 
and Oceania, a few in Africa and America. They are 
shrubs or trees, with white flowers in axillary or terminal 
clusters, and opposite leaves. M. cilri/olia and M. ti 
360 
Mormon 
professed by one of the religious denominations 
of Scotland, the Evangelical Union (which see, 
under evangelical). [The terms Morisonian and Mori- 
sonianimi, derived from the name of James Morison, one 
of the originators of the body, are now very little used.] 
morkint (mor'kin), . [For "morfkin, < OF. 
mortekine, morlecine, morticine = Olt. morticiiio, 
"any dead carrion" (Florio) (Ir. mvirtclienn = 
W. burgyn), < ML. mortieinum, a beast that has 
died of disease, neut. of L. morticinus, that has 
died (as an animal), dead, hence carrion, < 
mor(t-)s, death: see wort*. Cf. mortliny.'} A 
beast that has died by sickness or mischance, 
or (according to Halliwell) that is the product 
and without beaver or vizor, introduced into of an abortive birth. ^^ ^ ^ ^^ 
England from France or Spain about the be- g ome mu y martin that unbidden dies? 
ginning of the sixteenth century. Bp. Hall, Satires, III. iv. 4. 
Swords, Jforrion*, Pouldrons, Vaunt-brace, Pikes, & Lances morl (morl), n. [Appar. a native name.] An 
Are no defence, but rather hinderances. Asiatic deer, Cervus wallicM. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, h., The Vocation. morlandti ,.' Au obsolete form of moorland. 
Morion of Sj 
ith comb ; i6th century. 
opposite leaves. M . citrifolia and M . tinctoria, 
and sometimes all species 
mulberry. These and othi 
See achv, ach-root, al-root. __. -...- -- - 
has the name yaw-weed. Seven fossil species have been 
described, all from the Tertiary of Europe. 
Morindese (mo-rin'de-e), n. pi. [NL. (A. P. de 
Candolle, 1830), < Morinda + -e.] A tribe of 
Their beef they often in ^^TufSc^^. other animal" dead by disease. 
Cockscomb morion. See cockscomb.- Spanish morion, A wretched, withered .mortting, and a piece 
a form of morion which has a broad brim like a hat, as con- Of carrion, wrapt up in a golden fleece, 
trasted with the combed morion. 
n. 
rivruin, p. oJ. \nuiv9.j 
morion), n. [Appar. short for L a. Wool from a dead sheep, mount 
Ruyoc of the West Indies mormorion, a kind of dark-brown rock-crystal.] morlop (mor'lop), n. [Origin obscure.] Avari- 
A variety of smoky quartz having a very dark- ety of jasper pebble found in New South Wales, 
brown or nearly black color. It is probably the See the quotation, 
same as the mormorion of Pliny, although some writers 
refer this to black tourmalin. 
plants of the order Bubiacece. It is characterized Morionids (mo-ri-on'i-de), it. j>l. [NL., < Mo- 
rio(n-) + -idee.'] A family of caraboid Coleop- 
tcra, named from the genus Morio. They have the 
middle coxa; separate, and the fore legs more or less en- 
p ._ 
by an ovary of from two to four cells, each with one ovule 
attached to the partition, and contains 10 genera and 
about 60 species, all tropical trees or shrubs, 
raorinel (mor'i-nel), . [< F. morinelle, dim., < 
L. morus, < Gr. uwpof, silly.] The dotterel, 
Endromias morinellus : so called from its appa- 
rent stuniditv. See cut under dotterel. r , r, 
&Sffi*.*L -: jJMtwjjs TeWKHEttSWgaa 
a.] In surg., the repair 01 lost or 
Among'st the jasper pebbles are some of pale mottled 
tints of yellow, pink, drab, brown, bluish gray, &c. These 
are termed marlops by the miners, and are regarded by 
them with much favor, as they say that they never flnd 
one in the dish without diamonds accompanying it. 
U. S. Com. Report (1886), No. 70, p. 319. 
iafged at the tip. There are about~l2 genera, mainly mormaer (mor'mar), n. [< Gael, mormhaor, 
high steward, < (nor, great, + maor, steward. Cf. 
- ' 
. 
discriminated by the peculiarities of the elytra! I striae, 
Though the species are not numerous, they are distrib- 
uted throughout most of the warm portions of the globe. 
sieu, 1789); 'from its native name in Malabar.] 
A genus of dicotyledonous polypetalous trees, 
forming the order Moringeas, and characterized 
by a disk investing the tube of the calyx, ten 
stamens, five one-celled anthers, and an ovary of 
one cell with three parietal placentae and many 
ovules. Three species are known, natives of northern 
Africa, western Asia, and the East Indies. They have 
white or red flowers in axillary panicles, long pods, and 
twice- or thrice-pinnate alternate leaves. One species, 
perhaps two, are importantj for which see ben-nut, ben-oil, 
horseradish-tree, and nephritic wood (under wood). 
Moringaceae (mo-ring-ga'se-e), n. pi. [NL. 
(Lindley, 1846), < Moringa + -acea;.] A syn- 
onym for Moringece. 
Moringese (mo-rin'je-e), n.pl. [NL. (K. Brown, 
1826), < Moringa + -ea;.~] An anomalous order 
of plants, polypetalous, but allied to the Gamo- 
petalai, consisting of the single genus Moringa. 
Moringua (mo-ring'gu-a), ii. [NL.] A genus 
of mursenoid fishes founded by Sir John Rich- 
ardson in 1845, type of the family Moringuida'. 
M. lumbricoides is of worm-like appearance, the vertical 
fins being reduced to a fold around the end of the tail. 
Moringuidae (mo-ring-gu'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Moringua + -idee.'} A family of mursenoid apo- 
dal fishes represented by the genus Moringua. 
They are of eel-like form, with specially elongated ab- 
dominal region ; the heart is situated far behind the gills, 
and the pterygopalatinearch and opercular apparatus are 
imperfect. The several species inhabit Oriental seas. Also 
Ptyobranchina. 
Morin's apparatus. [After the French inven- 
tor A. J. Morin (1795-1880).] An apparatus 
designed to illustrate the laws of falling bodies. 
It consists of a light wooden cylinder covered with paper, 
made to rotate uniformly about a vertical axis, in front of 
which falls a small weight, guided by two light wires. A 
pencil attached to the falling weight traces out on the 
paper of the rotating cylinder a line which, so long as the 
effect of the air-resistance is negligible, is found to be 
a parabolic curve. The distance fallen through is thus 
shown to vary according to the square of the time, in ac- 
cordance with the theoretical law. 
Morio (mo'ri-6), . [NL., < L. morio, a fool, a 
injured parts ; autoplasty ; plastic surgery. 
Morisco (mo-ris'ko), a. and_. [Formerly 
, trmnr -i s Hmp mtl nrmor 
** WOT. I bame as II tor. 
mormaership (mor'mar-ship), n. [< mormaer 
+ -ship.] The office of a mormaer or maormor. 
From these mormaerships, which correspond with the 
ancient mor tuatha, came most, if not all, the ancient 
Scotti8h earldoms. Encyc. Brit., X. 800. 
fLUlloCU V U1UTIO IW I* <* ttiivi I J. vauraAU _ ., i\ r t T- 
also Morisk6 (and Morisk) ; < Sp. morisco: see mormalt (mor'mal), .[< ME. mormal, mor- 
Moorish*. Moresque, morris*.] I. a. Same as mall, morimal, mammal, marmole, mortmal, < 
I~\U" **M.J,w.I *ii*u.4>is>7 V *nnvf MUVj IIH Q I art 
Moresque. 
They trim it with paint after the morisco manner. 
Sir T. Herbert, Travels in Africa, p. 129. 
A piece of as good Morisco work as any I had yet seen. 
H. Swinburne, Travels through Spain, xxxi. 
II. . 1. In Span, hist., a person of the Moor- 
ish race ; a Moor. The name was applied to the Moors 
after their conquest by the Spaniards ; they were expelled 
from Spain in 1609. 
These two circumstances leave no reasonable doubt that 
the writer of the poem was one of the many Moriscoe who 
. . . had forgotten their native language and adopted that 
of their conquerors. Ticlnwr, Span. Lit., I. 86. 
2f. The language of the Moors of Spain. 
He, leaping in front of all, set hand to his falchion, and 
said,in niorwco, let none of you that are here stir. . . . The 
Moors, hearing their master say so, were marvellously 
amazed. Shelton, tr. of Don Quixote, iv. 14. (Latham.) 
3f. The Moorish dance known also as morris- 
dance. 4f. A dancer of the morris-dance. 
I have seen 
Him caper upright like a wild Morixoo, 
Shaking the bloody darts as he his bells. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 1. 365. 
5. A dance performed by one person, differing 
from the morris-dance. See the last quotation. 
OF. mortmal, mormal, F. mart mal, OF. also 
malmort, < ML. malum mortmtm, an old sore, an 
evil : malum, neut. of mains, bad, evil ; mortuwn, 
neut. of mortitus, dead: see mart 1 .] A cancer 
or gangrene ; an old sore. 
Orel harm was it, as it thoughte me, 
That on his schyne a mormal hadde he. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 386. 
Luxiria ys a lyther mormale. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Kurnivall), p. 218. 
They will give him a quantity of the quintessence shall 
serve him to cure kibes or the mormal o' the shin. 
B. Jonson, Mercury Vindicated. 
mormeluchet, . [( Gr. /mpfuMai, /jop/to/.vi<eiov, 
/lopuoZi'Ktiov, [lopuol.i'iaov, a bugbear, hobgoblin, < 
uopuo^vTTGva.t, also [i6p[ivaaeavai, frighten, scare, 
be scared, < uopu&, a bugbear.] A hobgoblin; 
a bugbear. 
They hear and see many times, devils, bugbears, and 
mormeluchet. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 669. 
mormo (mor'mo), n. [NL. in sense 2, < Gr. 
popuu, also uopp.ln>, a hideous she-monster, a 
bugbear.] If. A bugbear; false terror. 
One would think by this play the devils were mere mor- 
Jeremy Cotlier, English Stage, p. 192. (Halliwell.) 
The marmot and bugbears of a frighted rabble. 
Warburton, Prodigies, p. 80. 
2. [o<fy>.] In oitom., a genus of noctuid moths 
of the subfamily AmpMpyrtna, erected by Hub- 
r the tufted ; 
Your wit skips a morisco. Marston, What you Will, iv. 1. 
To this purpose were taken vp at Rome these forraine 
exercises of vaulting and dancing the Morteke. 
Hakewiil, Apology, p. 365. 
The Morisco or Moor dance is exceedingly different from 
the morris-dance, . . . being performed by the castanets, 
or rattles, at the end of the fingers, and not with bells at- 
tached to various parts of the dress. 
Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 309. Mormon 1 (mor'mon), n. 
6f. The style of architecture or ornamentation bugbear : see mormo.'] 
commonly called Moorish. 
monster.] 1. Inetoi.,agenusof caraboid bee- morishdnor'ish), a. [Oworel + -is/i 1 .] 1. Such 
ties, containing such as M. numilicornis of the 
southern United States. The genus pertains to the 
scaritid section of Carabidce, and is sometimes made type 
of a family Morionidai. It is of wide distribution, but has 
only about 25 species. These are mainly South American, 
but some are found in Africa, the East Indies, and Aus- 
tralia, and 2 in Europe. One occurs in the United States. 
Latreille, 1810. 
2. A genus of mollusks. Montfort, 1810. 
morion 1 (mo'ri-on), n. [Formerly also morian 
that more is needed ; insufficient. [Prov. Eng.] 
Lady S. How do you like this tea, Colonel? 
Col. Well enough, Madam, but methinks it is a little 
moretifi. 
Lady S. Oh, Colonel, I understand you ; Betty, bring the 
cannister. Sni/t, Polite Conversation, i. 
2. Such that more is desired; nice. 
ner in 1816, having the tufted abdomen extend- 
ed beyond the hind wings. The only species, 
M. m<iura, is distributed throughout Europe. 
[NL., < Gr. popu&v, a 
In zool., the name, 
generic or specific, of several animals, (a) In 
mammal.: (1) [I. c.] The specific name of the mandrill, a 
baboon, Cynocephalm mormon. See mandrill. (2) A ge- 
nus of such baboons founded by Lesson, 1840. M. leucophce- 
u is the drill. See Cynacephalus. (b) InornifA.,agenus 
of puffins of the family Alcidae, founded by Illiger, 1811 : 
now more frequently called Fratercula. Af. arcticu* is a 
current name of the common puffin ; M. cirratvs, of the 
tufted puffin. See Fratercula, Lunda, and cut under puffin. 
Moriskt, Moriskot, a. and . Obsolete forms of 
'morrion,''mtirrion~mwrrian,~<. OF. (and F.) mori- Morisonian (mor-i-so'ni-an), a. and n. [< Mori- 
on = It. morione = Pg. morriao, < Sp. morrion, a son (see def. of Morisonianism) + -ian.'] I. a. 
morion, prob. < morra, the crown of the head, < Pertaining to Morisonianism. 
morro, anything round ;ct. moron, a hillock; per- II. n. A member of the Evangelical Union, 
haps < Basque ra, ahill.] Aform of helmet See Morisonianism. 
of iron, steel, or brass, somewhat like a hat in Morisonianism (mor-i-so'ni-an-izm), n. 
shape, often with a crest or comb over the top, Moriaonian + -isw.] The system of doctrines 
fColloq ] Mormon 12 (mor'mon), n. [Prop, attrib. use (the 
Mormon Church, Bible, etc.) of Mormon, one of 
the characters of the " Book of Mormon," from 
whom it derives that name.] An adherent of a 
religious body in the United States, which calls 
itself "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- 
day Saints." This denomination was founded in 1830 
by Joseph Smith, a native of Sharon, Vermont, The gov- 
ernment of the church is ;i hierarchy consisting of two or- 
ders of priesthood, an order of Melchizedek (the higher) 
and an Aaronic or lesser older. The former is presided 
