morphographer 
morphographer (nior-fofi'rii-frrK w. [< mor- 
pkograph-y + -i'i- ] . ] ( >nc who investigates mor- 
phology or writoc on tlmt science. 
morphographical (mor-fo-graf ' i-kal), . [< 
HHtrplHMjrnph-y + -ic-iil.] Of or pertaining to 
morphograpliy. /win/c. Bri7., XXIV. 818. 
morphography (mor-fog'ra-fi), . (X Or. pop</>>/, 
form, -r -y/>a<j>ia, < )piiijutv, write.] Descriptive 
morphology; tlie systematic investigation, tab- 
ulation, and description of the structure of 
animals, including comparative anatomy, his- 
tology, and embryology, and the distribution of 
animals in time and in space, with special ref- 
erence to their classification; general or sys- 
tematic zoology. 
Morphography. The work of the collector and ays- 
teiuatUt: exemplified by Llnnicus and his predecessor*. 
Encyc. Bnt., XXIV. 803. 
morpholecithal (iu6r-fo-les'i-thal), a. [< mor- 
pfiolecitliun + -al.] Germinal or formative, as 
the vitellus ; of or pertaining to the morpholeci- 
thus. 
morpholecithus (mdr-fo-les'i-thus), n. [NL., < 
Gr. fio/xjiii, form, + ^tiudof, the yolk of an egg.] 
In embruol., the vitellus formativus, or forma- 
tive yolk, which undergoes segmentation and 
germination . It constitutes all the yolk of holoblastic 
eggs, as those of mammals, but only a part (usually a small 
part) of the yolk of meroblastic eggs, as of birds, the rest 
being all food.yolk or tropholecithus. 
morphologic (mdr-fo-loj'ik), a. [= F.morpho- 
loyiquc ; as morpholog-y + -ic.] Same as mor- 
phological. 
morphological (m6r-fo-loj'i-kal), a. [< morpho- 
logic + -a/.] Of or pertaining to morphology; 
of the character of morphology. 
The most characteristic morphological peculiarity of the 
plant is the investment of each of its component cells by a 
sac, the walls of which contain cellulose or some closely 
analogous compound. . . . The most characteristic mar- 
pholnyical peculiarity of the animal is the absence of any 
such cellulose investment. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 48. 
Morphological botany. See botany. Morphological 
Classification, n statement or tabulation or other exhibit 
of the degrees of structural likeness observed In animal or 
vegetable organisms. Such classification, based on form 
without regard to function, and thus appreciating true 
morphological characters while depreciating mere adap- 
tive modifications, is the main aim of modern taxonomy 
in zoology and botany. The term is also sometimes 
applied to classifications of languages. Morphological 
equivalents. See equivalent. 
morphologically (mor-f o-loj ' i-kal-i), adv. In a 
morphological manner; with reference to the 
facts or principles of morphology ; from a mor- 
phological point of view. 
morphologist (mor-fol'o-jist), n. [< morphol- 
(l-y + -ist.] One who is versed in morphology ; 
a student of morphology. 
morphology (mdr-fol'o-ji), n. [= F. morpholo- 
gie = Sp. morfologia = Pg. morphologia, < Gr. 
pofHtiii, form, + -ho-yia, < Myctv, speak : see -ology.] 
1. The science of organic form; the science of 
the outer form and internal structure (without 
regard to the functions) of animals and plants; 
that department of knowledge which treats both 
of the ideal types or plans of structure, and of 
their actual development or expression in liv- 
ing organisms. It has the same scope and appli- 
cation in organic nature that crystallology has 
in the inorganic. 2. The science of structure, 
or of forms, in language, it is that division of the 
study of language which deals with the origin and func- 
tion of Inflections nnd derivational forms, or of the more 
formal as distinguished from the more material part of 
speech. 
Morphology is the science of form (Or. o(>*ij), and is here 
applied to the forms of words as developed by the various 
kinds of mutation. 
S. S. Haldetnan, Outlines of Etymology, p. 17. 
morphometrical (m6r-fo-met'ri-kal),a. [<mor- 
liliiiiiidr-i/ + -ic-al.] Of or pertaining to mor- 
phometry. 
morphometry (m6r-fom'et-ri), M. [< Gr. /top+f/, 
form, + -per/rid, < ucrpov, measure.] The art of 
measuring or ascertaining the external form of 
objects. TlinmiiSy Med. Diet. 
morphon(iiior'fon), H. [NL., <Gr. uopQij, form.] 
A morphological element or factor. 
morphonomic (m&r-fo-nom'ik), a. [< morplion- 
om-i/ + -ic.] Of or pertaining to morphonomy ; 
morphologically consequent. 
morphonomy (mor-fon'6-mi), . [< Gr. tio/xpr/, 
form, + -vofiia, < viutiv, distribute : see wo/we*.] 
In Wo/., the laws of morphology; the observed 
sequence of cause and effect in organic forma- 
tion ; that department of biology which investi- 
gates the principles of organic formation or 
configuration. 
morphophyly (mor-fof'i-li), H. [< Gr. uop$'l, 
form. + v/'/, a tribe.] The tribal history of 
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forms; that branch of pliylogeny, or tribal his- 
tory, which treats of form alone, without refer- 
ence to function, the tribal history of the lat- 
ter being called phi/ttioplii/ly. llmrkil. 
morphosis (m6r-f6''sis), . [NL., < Gr. uoj^u- 
ai(, a shaping, < uofxfrovv, form, shape, < popQr/, 
form.] Morphogenesis; the order or mode of 
formation of any organ or organism. 
morpion (m6r'pi-on), . [< P. morpion, a crab- 
louse, appar. < utordrr (< L. mordi-re), bite, + 
pion (= It. pedone), < ML. *pedio(n-), equiv. to 
/ittliculus, a louse, < pedix, a louse, < pea (ped-), 
= E. foot.} The crab-louse, I'hthiriu* pubis. 
See cut under crab-louse. 
Swore you had broke and robbed his house, 
And stole his talismanlc louse, . . . 
flia flea, his morpion, and punque. 
S. Butler, Hu 
433. 
udibras, III. 
morpunkee (m6r-pung'ke), n. [< Hind, mor- 
lidiikhi, a boat with a peacock decoration, a 
pleasure-boat, < mor, a peacock, + pankhi, a 
fan, also a bird, dim. otpankha, a fan, < pankh, 
a feather, wing, pinion : see punka.] A native 
pleasure-boat formerly much used for state 
occasions on the rivers of India, it Is very long 
and narrow, often seating thirty or forty men ; It is pro- 
pelled with paddles, and steered with a large sweep which 
rises from the stern in the form of a peacock or a dragon. 
Morrenian (mo-re'ni-an), a. [< Morren (see 
def.) + -taw.] Pertaining to the Belgian natu- 
ralist C. F. A. Morren (1807-58): specifically 
applied in zo81ogy to certain glands of worms, 
as the earthworm, the function of which seems 
to be to adapt the ingesta for nutrition. 
Morrhua (mor'<J-a), n. [NL., < ML. morua, 
morvta (F. morue), a cod: said to be ult. < L. 
merula (f), a fish, the sea-carp.] The principal 
genus of gadoid fishes, including the common 
cod: now called Gadus. M. vulgaris is the 
cod, M. amlejinus the haddock, etc. See cuts 
under cod* and haddock. 
morrice, niorrice-dance, etc. See morris 1 , etc. 
morricer (mor'i-s6r), . [< morrice + -er 1 .] A 
morris-daneer. Scott, L. of the L., v. 22. 
morriont, . See morion 1 . 
morris 1 (mor'is), n. and a. [Also morrice ; < ME. 
morris, mor res, morice, < OF. 'moreis, moresque, 
morisque, F. moresque = It. moresco, < Sp. 3/o- 
mco, Moorish, < Jforo.a Moor: see Moot*. Cf. 
Moresque, Morisco.] I. n. 1. Same as morris- 
dance. 
We are the hulsher to a morris, 
A kind of masque, whereof good store is 
In the country hereabout. B. Jonton, The Satyr. 
He had that whole bevie at command, whether in mor- 
rice or at May pole. Milton, Apology for Smectymuuus. 
2. A dance resembling the morris-dance. 
Well have some sport. 
Some mad marrii or other for our money, tutor. 
Fletcher, Wildgoose Chase, ill. 1. 
Nine men's morris, a game in which a figure of squares 
one within another was made on a table or on the ground, 
and eighteen pieces or stones, nine for each side, which 
were placed by turns in the angles, were moved alternately, 
as at draughts. He who was enabled to place three In a 
straight line took off one of his adversary's at any point 
he pleased, and the game ended by the loss of all the men 
of one of the players. It was also a table-game played with 
counters. Also called nine men ' merels. Strutt. 
The nine-men's morris is flU'd up with mud, 
And the quaint mazes in the wanton green 
For lack of tread are undistinguishable. 
Sha*.,M. N. D.,ii. 1. 98. 
II. a. Belonging to or taking part in a mor- 
ris-dance. 
morris 1 (mor'is), r. [< morn's 1 , .] I. trans. 
To dance or perform by dancing. See morris- 
ilniii'i . 
Since the Demon-dance was morriced. 
Hood, The Forge. 
II. intrans. To " dance " or " waltz " off ; de- 
camp; be off; begone. [Slang.] 
Zounds ! here they are. Morrice ! Prance ! 
Goldmith, She Stoops to Conquer, Hi. 
morris 2 (mor'is), n. [NL., so called after Wil- 
liam Morris, who first found it, on the coast of 
Wales.] A curious fish, allied to the eels, of 
the genus Leptocephalus. Its body is so com- 
pressed as to resemble tape. 
morris-bellst, ". pi- Bells for a morris-dance. 
morris-dance (mor 'is -dans), n. [Also mor- 
rice-dancc ; < ME. morrys-dattnce ; \morris 1 + 
ill i n cc.] 1. A dance of persons in costume, 
especially of persons wearing hoods and dresses 
tagged with bells ; also, any mumming perform- 
ance in which dancing played a conspicuous 
part. Thus, the morris-dancers of May day commonly 
represented the personages of the Robin Hood legend; 
the hobby-horse was a prominent character in morris- 
dancing of every description. 
morrow-tide 
Vnleu we should come In like a morriee-danee, and 
whistle our ballad ourselves, I know not what we should 
da B. Jonton, Love Restored. 
I judged a man of sense could scarce do worse 
Than caper in the morrin-daitce of verse. 
Cuwper, Table-Talk, 1. 619. 
2. A kind of country-dance still popular in the 
north of England. The music for all these dances 
was, BO far as Is known, In cluplr time. 
Also called Morisco, Moor-ilniici: and former- 
ly Miin.it/ni' tlnnt'i'. 
morris-dancer (mor'is-dan'ser), n. [< .Mi;. 
iiKirri'.iiliniiii'fi'; < i/iti/'i'i.^ + tlinn; ,-.\ One who 
takes part in a morris-dance. 
Item, palde in charges by the appointment of the pa- 
rlsshioners, for the settlnge forth of a gyaunt morret daun- 
en with vj. calyvera, and III. boles on borsback, to go In 
the watche befoore the Lord Maiore iippon M Idsomer even, 
. . . vj. II. ta. a. Ix. d. 
Accounts of St. Giles', Cripflegate, 1571. (HaUimll.) 
And, like a morris-dancer dress'd with bells, 
Only to serve for noise, and nothing else. 
S. Butler, Human Learning, II. 
morris-dancing (mor 'is -dan 'sing), . The 
morris or morris-dance; the act of dancing 
the morris. 
May-games, morrit-dancingt, pageant*, and processions 
. . . were commonly exhibited throughout the kingdom. 
strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 20. 
morris-pike* (mor'is-pik), n. [Also morrice- 
pilce, morice-pike, morys pike, etc.; < mom* 1 , in 
orig. adj. sense ' Moorish '(f), + pike*.] A pike 
supposed to be of Moorish origin. 
He, sir, . . . that sets up his rest to do more exploits 
with his mace than a morris- fdte. Shot. , C. of E. , iv. S. 28. 
The guards their morrice-piket advanced. 
Scott, Miiruiic.ii, 1. 10. 
morrot (mor'ot), . Same as marrot. [Firth 
of Forth.] 
morrow (mor'6), n. and a. [< ME. morowe, 
morwe (by loss of the final -n, appar. taken as 
inflective), for nutncen, < AS. morgen, morning: 
see morn, morning.] I. n. 1. Morning: for- 
merly common in the salutation good morrow, 
or simply morrow, good morning. 
Vse this medicyn at morowe and euen, and the pacient 
schal be hool witnoute doute. 
Boot of Quintc Essence (ed. FnmlvallX p. 21. 
The bisy larke, messager of daye, 
Salueth in hire song the morwe graye. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, I. 634. 
Morrow, my lord of Orleans. 
Beau, and Fl., Honest Man's Fortune, 1. 1. 
Many good morrows to my noble lord ! 
Shalt., Rich. III., 111. 2. 35. 
2. The day next after the present or after any 
day specified. 
Give not a windy night a rainy morrow, 
To linger out a purposed overthrow. 
S/io*., Sonnets, xo. 
To-morrow you will live, you always cry. 
In what far country does this morrow lie? 
Cmby, tr. of Martial's Epigrams, v. 59. 
3. The time immediately following a particu- 
lar event. 
On the morrow of a long and costly war. 
John Fislre, The Atlantic, LVUI. 377. 
The morrow of the death of a public favorite is apt to be 
severe upon his memory. Jfew Princeton Rev., III. 1. 
To morrow, on the morrow ; next day. See to-morrow. 
[Now generally written as a compound. ] 
II. a. Following; next in order, as a day. 
Alle that nyght dlde he wake in the chief mynster, till 
on the morowe day. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), I. 108. 
A sadder and a wiser man 
He roae the morrow morn. 
Coleridge, Ancient Mariner, vii 
morrowingt (mor'o-ing), . [< morrow + -ing 1 .] 
Procrastination. Daries. 
Dally put thee off with momwing, 
Till want do make thee wearie of thy lending. 
Breton, Mother's Blessing, st. 66. 
morrow-mass*, . A mass celebrated early in 
the morning: opposed to high-mass. 
As young and tender as a morrow mast priest's lemman. 
Greene, Disputation (1692). 
morrow-speecht, [ME. morwespeche, morn- 
speche, < AS. morgensprcec, < morgen, morrow, 
morning, + sprcec, speech.] A periodical con- 
ference or assembly of a gild held on the mor- 
row after the gild-feast. Also, as a modern 
translation, morninq-speecli. 
morrpw-tidet, . [ME. monri'tid. ninrctid, mor- 
ffiititl, < AS. niorgentid, nxrt/ttitid (= OS. mor- 
gantM = Icel. morguntidhir, pi.), < morgen, mor- 
row, morn, + tf,'tide, time.] Morning. 
Khc mirrrtid flier moste came 
Tuo maidenes with muchel honur 
Into the hegeste tur. 
King Horn (E. E. T. S.), 1. 558. 
