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a. [ F. armorial, fr. armoiries arms, coats of arms, for armoieries, fr. OF. armoier to paint arms, coats of arms, fr. armes, fr. L. arma. See Arms, Armory. ] Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family. [ 1913 Webster ]

Figures with armorial signs of race and birth. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Armorial bearings. See Arms, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. Armoricus, fr. Celtic ar on, at + mor sea. ] Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people. -- n. The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native of Armorica. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. armoriste. ] One skilled in coat armor or heraldry. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. commoriens, p. pr. of commoriri. ] Dying together or at the same time. [ R. ] Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The thigh bone; same as femur.
Syn. -- femur, thighbone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Irish) one of a group of sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature.
Syn. -- Fomor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Med.) The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. humoriste. ] 1. (Med.) One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Roger de Coverley ] . . . was a great humorist in all parts of his life. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll; especially, one who writes or tells jokes as a profession. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The reputation of wits and humorists. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To humor. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + memorial: cf. F. immémorial. ] Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial. “Immemorial elms.” Tennyson. “Immemorial usage or custom.” Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time immemorial (Eng. Law.), a time antedating (legal) history, and beyond “legal memory” so called; formerly an indefinite time, but in 1276 this time was fixed by statute as the begining of the reign of Richard I. (1189). Proof of unbroken possession or use of any right since that date made it unnecessary to establish the original grant. In 1832 the plan of dating legal memory from a fixed time was abandoned and the principle substituted that rights which had been enjoyed for full twenty years (or as against the crown thirty years) should not be liable to impeachment merely by proving that they had not been enjoyed before. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Beyond memory. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + morigerous. ] Rude; uncivil; disobedient. [ Obs. ] -- Im`mo*rig"er*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

‖ [ L. ] Lit., remember to die, i.e., that you must die; a warning to be prepared for death; an object, as a death's-head or a personal ornament, usually emblematic, used as a reminder of death. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L. ] Memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Memoria technica, technical memory; a contrivance for aiding the memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. mémorial, L. memorialis, fr. memoria. See Memory. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building. [ 1913 Webster ]

There high in air, memorial of my name,
Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Mnemonic; assisting the memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH. Skeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Memorial Day. See Memorial Day in the vocabulary. Also called Decoration Day. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. mémorial. ] 1. Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some in memory of the Trinity itself. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A memorandum; a record. [ Obs. or R. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., -- often accompanied with a petition. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Memory; remembrance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Precious is the memorial of the just. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Diplomacy) A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 1. A day, originally May 30, appointed for commemorating, by decorating their graves with flowers, by patriotic exercises, etc., the dead soldiers and sailors who served the Civil War (1861-65) in the United States; Also called Decoration Day. It is a legal holiday in most of the States. In the Southern States, the Confederate Memorial Day is: May 30 in Virginia; April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in North Carolina and South Carolina; the second Friday in May in Tennessee; June 3 in Louisiana. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A day designated for commemoration of all of the war dead of the United States, clebrated on the last Monday in May in most states. It supersedes the original Memorial Day celebrated May 30th. [ PJC ]

v. t. Same as memorialize. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. mémorialiste. ] One who writes or signs a memorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Memorialized p. pr. & vb. n. Memorializing ] To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature. T. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who petitions by a memorial. T. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A Japanese evergreen rose (Rosa wichuraiana) with creeping branches, shining leaves, and single white flowers. It is often planted in cemeteries. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Memorize. ] One who, or that which, causes to be remembered. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ L., fr. memor mindful. See Memorable. ] By, or from, memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Memorized p. pr. & vb. n. Memorizing ] [ See Memory. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cause to be remembered ; hence, to record. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They neglect to memorize their conquest. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

They meant to . . . memorize another Golgotha. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To commit to memory; to learn by heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who learns by rote. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; folly. ] Idiocy; imbecility; fatuity; foolishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Ethnol.) A Moor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In vain the Turks and Morians armed be. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. moribundus, from moriri to die. See Mortal. ] In a dying state; dying; at the point of death. [ 1913 Webster ]

The patient was comatose and moribund. Copland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dying person. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, fustic (see Morin); as, moric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Morisco. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. morigeratus, p. p. of morigerari to comply with. See Morigerous. ] Obedient. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. morigeratio. ] Obsequiousness; obedience. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. morigerus; mos, moris, custom, manner + gerere to bear, conduct. ] Obedient; obsequious. [ Obs. ] Brathwait. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. morille; cf. OHG. morhila, G. morchel, OHG. morha carrot. See More a root. ] (Bot.) An edible fungus. Same as 1st Morel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance (C15H10O7) of acid properties extracted from fustic (Chlorophora tinctoria syn. Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria); -- called also moric acid and natural yellow 8. It is used as a dye for wool, giving a color from lemon yellow through olive to olive brown, depending on the metal with which it is mordanted. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Bot.) A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A yellow dyestuff (C27H30O14) extracted from the root bark of an East Indian plant (Morinda citrifolia) or from the bark of Coprosma australis. The substance is also found in the fruit of the Morinda citrifolia, called noni, which is touted by some merchants to have a stimulatory effect on the immune system. It is a disaccharide derivative of anthracenedione. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. morinelle. ] (Zool.) The dotterel. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ Malayam murunggi. ] (Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of Moringa aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Designating an organic acid obtained from oil of ben. See Moringa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. Morus fustic + E. tannic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannic acid extracted from fustic (Chlorophora tinctoria, formerly Maclura tinctoria and Morus tinctoria) as a yellow crystalline substance; -- called also maclurin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. ] (Min.) A dark variety of smoky quartz. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. morion, Sp. morrion; cf. Sp. morra the upper part of the head, morro anything that is round. ] A kind of open helmet, without visor or beaver, and somewhat resembling a hat. [ 1913 Webster ]

A battered morion on his brow. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; piece (dim. of &unr_; a part + -plasty. ] (Surg.) The restoration of lost parts of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]