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The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithful service.

Born to misfortune. Spenser.

See Mangcorn.

The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry. From morn To noun he fell, from noon to dewy eve. Milton.

Of or pertaining to the morn; morning. [Obs.] "White as morne milk." Chaucer.

ning to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service. She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with dew. Shak. Morning gown, a gown worn in the morning before one is dressed for the day. -- Morning gun, a gun fired at the first str…

A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome, funnel- shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal.

Morning time. [Poetic]

Towards the morn. [Poetic] And mornward now the starry hands move on. Lowell.

A horn or flask for holding powder, as for priming. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Same as Mangcorn.

Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros.

Recently born. Shak.

One of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld.

birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.

A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth, as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders: Odontolcæ, Odontotormæ, and Saururæ.

Foreign; not native. [R.]

To confront, or subdue, with greater scorn. Shak.

Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite.