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MOR'GEMOULIN, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Meufe : three miles north-weft of Eftain, and 
nine eaft-north-eaft of Verdun. 
MORGENBER'GHORN, a mountain in Swiflerland, 
confidered as one of the principal Alps in the canton of 
Bern ; it height is 7456 feet. 
MORGE'NE, a mountain of Swiflerland, fituated to 
the eaft of St. Jaire. 
MOR'GENFELD, a town of Pruflia, in the province 
of Bartenland : nine miles north of Raftenburg. 
MOR'GES, a town of Swiflerland, in the Vaudois, the 
capital of a bailiwic, fituated on the north fide of the lake 
of Geneva, with a port 2nd quay. It contains about 
2500 inhabitants: fix miles weft ofLaufanne, and twenty- 
three north-eaft of Geneva. 
MOR'GES, a town of France, in the department of the 
Ifere : twenty-one miles fouth of Grenoble. 
MOR'GLAY, J'. A deadly weapon. Aivfivorth.—Glaive 
and movie, French, and glay mohr, Erfe, a two-handed 
broad-fword, which fome centuries ago was the High¬ 
lander’s weapon. Todd. —A trufty morglay in a rufty 
fheath. Cleave land. 
MOR'GNY, a town of France, in the department of 
the Eure : five miles eaft of Lyons. 
MOR'GO, an ifland in the gulf of Venice, near the 
coaft of Friuli. Lat. 45.44. N. Ion. 13.16. E. 
MORGONG', a town of Bengal: twenty-five miles 
weft of Moorfhedabad. 
MORGSA'NA, f. in botany. See Zygophyllum. 
MORGUR'RY, a towm of Hindooftan, in Myfore : fix- 
teen miles north of Rettinghery. 
MORHAN'GE, a town of France, and principal place 
of a diftrift, in the department of the Mofelle : twenty 
miles fouth-weft of Sarguemines, and twenty-one eaft- 
fouth-eaft of Metz. Lat. 48. 53. N. Ion. 6. 43. E. 
MOR'HOF, oi-Morhofius (Daniel-George), a learned 
and mifcelianeous writer, was born in 1639, at Wifmar 
in the duchy of Mecklenburg. He ftudied at Stettin 
and Roftock; and, in confequence of a copy of Latin 
verfes which he compofed while at the latter univerlity, 
was made profeflbr of poetry there in 1660. When the 
duke of Holftein founded the univerlity of Kiel, the re¬ 
putation of Morhof caufed him, in 1663, to be engaged in 
It as profeflor of poetry and eloquence. He twice vilited 
Holland and England ; married in 1671 ; and in 1673 was 
made profeflbr of hiftory at Kiel, to which office was after¬ 
wards added that of public librarian. The ardour with 
which he applied to his ftudies threw him into a lan- 
guifliing ftate, under which he funk at Lubeck in 1691, 
in his fifty-third year The writings of Morhof are nu¬ 
merous, confifting of poems, orations, and diflertations 
on a variety of fubjebts, fome of them curious and un¬ 
common, all in the Latin language. He appears to have 
had more learning than judgment; and he has recorded 
his credulity by an eflay intitled “ Princeps Medicus,” 
concerning the pretended power of the kings of France 
and England to cure the fcrofula by their touch, which 
he regards as miraculous ; and by an epiftle on the tranf- 
mutation of metals, to which he gives full credit. His 
belt known and moft valuable work is a general account 
of books and authors, intitled “ Poiyhiftor, five de Notitia 
Audorum et Rerum commentarii,” Lubeck, 1688, 4to. 
An additional part was printed in 1692, after the author’s 
death ; and new editions, with augmentations, were 
given, of which the belt is that of John Albert Fabricius, 
in 3 vols. 4to. 1732. Moreri. 
MO'RI, a town of Hindooftan, in Oude : fixteen miles 
north-eaft of Fyzabad. 
MO'RI, a village of the Tyrolefe, where the Auftrians 
had a camp, attacked by the French on the 14th of Sep¬ 
tember, 1796, when the Auftrians were defeated; the 
French general, Dubois, was killed: five miles fouth- 
weft of Roveredo. 
MO'RIA, [Greek.] In heathen mythology, the god- 
defs of folly. „ 
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MO'RIA, f. [from the foregoing.] A defeat of under- 
ftanding, folly. The morion, a kind of head-piece. 
MO'RIA KIS', a town of Hungary: eighteen miles 
fouth-fouth-eaft of Debreczin. 
MORI'AH, [Heb. the fear of the Lord.] In fcripture- 
geography, a mountain near Jerufalem, on -which the 
famous Temple of Solomon was built, (2 Chron. iii. 1.) 
fituated fouth eaft of Calvary, having Millo on the weft, 
and fo called from the filling-up of that deep valley, in 
order to raife it to a level with the reft. It has been 
commonly thought that on this mount Abraham was 
commanded to offer up his fon Ifaac ; but this notion 
is liable to fome objections. 
MORIAM'ME, late a town of France, in the department 
of Gemappe : ten miles fouth-eaft of Charles fur Sambre. 
MORIA'NI, a town of Corfica, in the department of 
Baftia, the canton of which contains 2779 inhabitants. 
MOR'IBUND, adj. [from the Latin moribuudus .] 
About to die, ready to die. Bailey. 
MORI'CHES, a place with a pod-office in Suffolk- 
county, New York: 213 miles from Wafhington. 
MORIEN'NE BA'Y, a bay on the eaft coaft of the 
ifland of Cape Breton. 
MORIENVAL', a town of France, in the department 
of the Oife : four miles north of Crefpy. 
To MORIG'ERATE, v. n. [morigero, Lat. from mores 
and gero ; morigerare, Ital.] To do as one is commanded ; 
to obey.—This pedantic w’ord is in the old vocabulary 
of Cockeram, and was probably in ufe. Bacon, w'e fee, 
confidered morigeraiioii as a ferviceable w r ord. And Dr. 
Johnfon thought fit to give morigerous, though without 
any authority ; which, how'ever, is in the enlarged edi¬ 
tion of Bullokar’s Expofitor in 1636. Todd. 
MORIGERA'TION, J. Obedience ; obfequioufnefs. 
—Not that I can tax or condemn the morigeration, or 
application, of learned men to men of fortune. Bacon's 
Adv. of Learning. —Courtefy and morigeration will gain 
mightily upon them. Howell's Injlrudtionfor Travellers. 
MORXG'EROUS, adj. Obedient; obfequious ; civil. 
MORILLE'AH, a fort of Hindooftan, inBahar: fif¬ 
teen miles eaft of Bettiah. 
• MORIMAL', a town of Hindooftan, in the circar of 
Cuddapa: twenty-five miles north-eaft of Gandicotta. 
MORIMGAM'BO, a feaport on the weft coaft of Ma- 
dagalcar. Lat. 14. 30. S. 
MO'RIN, a town of Hifpaniola : ten miles eaft of Cape 
Francois. 
MO'RIN, a river of France, which runs into the Marne, 
near Meaux. 
MO'RIN (Peter), a French biblical fcholar and critic, 
was born at Paris, in the year 1531. His father belonged 
to the parliament; and, as he defigned his fon for the 
fame employment, he directed his attention, at an early 
age, to the ftudy of the civil law; at the lame time he 
was carefully inftrudted in claffical learning. When his 
judgment and tafte began to ripen, he became paffion- 
ately attached to the ftudy of the belles-lettres ; and 
afterwards applied himfelf diligently to that of the facred 
fcriptures, the fathers, and ecclefiaftical antiquities. As 
Italy w-as at that time the grand refort of men of learn¬ 
ing, he went to that country, where he was employed 
by Paulus Manutius, the learned printer at Venice. 
From Venice he removed to Vicenza, in 1553, where he 
taught the Greek language and cofmography; and thence 
to Ferrara, where a friend introduced him to the cardi¬ 
nal, brother of Hercules duke of Ferrara, with whom he 
lived for fome time. In 1539, he was defirous of paying 
a vifit to Rome ; but his father recalled him to France, 
where he wilhed him to marry, and obtain a feat in the 
parliament. He appears, however, to have been too fond 
of a Angle life and literary purfuits, to comply with his 
father’s inclination on either of thofe points ; and after 
his death he returned to Italy, and arrived at Rome in 
1365. Having gratified his curiofity by fiurveying the 
remains of ancient art and grandeur in that city, he 
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