MORA

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.

2.
n.

A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.

3.
n.

Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.


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