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‖n. [ It. ] A secret organization formed at Naples, Italy, early in the 19th century, and used partly for political ends and partly for practicing extortion, violence, etc. -- Ca*mor"rist n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. Same as Hemorrhoidal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. haemorrhagia, Gr. a"imorragi`a; a"i^ma blood + "rhgny`nai to break, burst: cf. F. hémorragie, hémorrhagie.] (Med.) Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels. [1913 Webster]

☞ The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. a"imorragiko`s: cf. F. hémorrhagique.] Pertaining or tending to a flux of blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Cf. F. hémorroïdal, hémorrhoïdal. ] 1. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ L. haemorrhoidae, pl., Gr. &unr_;, sing., &unr_; (sc. &unr_;), pl., veins liable to discharge blood, hemorrhoids, fr. &unr_; flowing with blood; a"i^ma blood + &unr_; to flow: cf. F. hémorroïdes, hémorrhoïdes. See Rheum.] (Med.) Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods. [The sing. hemorrhoid is rarely used.] [1913 Webster]

n. Same as 1st Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dancing the morrice; dancing. [ 1913 Webster ]

In shoals and bands, a morrice train. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A morris dancer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. See Mormal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. morisco Moorish, fr. Moro a Moor: cf. F. moresque, It. moresca. ] 1. A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nine-men's morris is filled up with mud. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The figure consists of three concentric squares, with lines from the angles of the outer one to those of the inner, and from the middle of each side of the outer square to that of the inner. The game is played by two persons with nine or twelve pieces each (hence called nine-men's morris or twelve-men's morris). The pieces are placed alternately, and each player endeavors to prevent his opponent from making a straight row of three. Should either succeed in making a row, he may take up one of his opponent's pieces, and he who takes off all of his opponent's pieces wins the game. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from its discoverer. ] (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. the proper name Morris. ] A kind of easy-chair with a back which may be lowered or raised. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A Moorish pike. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., any spherical object. ] A round hill or point of land; hence,
Morro castle, a castle on a hill. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) See Marrot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. morwe, morwen, AS. morgen. See Morn. ] 1. Morning. [ Obs. ] “White as morrow's milk.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

We loved he by the morwe a sop in wine. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The next following day; the day subsequent to any day specified or understood. Lev. vii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till this stormy night is gone,
And the eternal morrow dawn. Crashaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The day following the present; to-morrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good morrow, good morning; -- a form of salutation. --
To morrow. See To-morrow in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The day after or following to-morrow. [ Obs. ] Bible (1551). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Prep. to + morrow. ] On the day after the present day; on the next day; on the morrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Summon him to-morrow to the Tower. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The day after the present; the morrow.“To-morrow is our wedding day.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

One today is worth two to-morrows. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]