| Morris (morris) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Mor"ris |
| [Sp. morisco
Moorish, fr. Moro a Moor: cf. F. moresque, It.
moresca.] |
A Moorish dance, usually
performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with
castanets.
A dance formerly common in England, often
performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers,
grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood,
Maidmarian, and other fictitious characters.
An old game played with counters, or men,
which are placed at the angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the
ground] also, the board or ground on which the game is
played.
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| Morris (morris) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Mor"ris |
| [So called from its
discoverer.] (Zoöl.) |
A marine fish having a very
slender, flat, transparent body. It is now generally believed to be
the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.
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