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A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot. Hakluyt.

A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider. Mortimer.

h respect to an individual; as regards the person; individually; particularly. She bore a mortal hatred to the house of Lancaster, and personally to the king. Bacon.

The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar. Sir T. Browne.

An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.

consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality.

Pointed; sharp. "Picked and polished." Chapman. Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer.

Fat; unctuous; greasy. [Obs.] "Some clays are more pinguid." Mortimer.

The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight. The tree whereon they [the bees] pitch. Mortimer.

A sort of crowbar for digging. [Obs.] Mortimer.

pt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague. "A plague upon the people fell." Tennyson. Cattle plague. See Rinderpest. -- Plague mark, Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague; hence, a token of something incur…

ith or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.

One who applies plaster or mortar. "Thy father was a plasterer." Shak.

tructions, exterior or interior, especially that used for the lining of rooms. Ordinarly, mortar is used for the greater part of the work, and pure plaster of Paris for the moldings and ornaments.

ven by drinking one's health; a toast; a health. Dead pledge. Etym: [A translation of LL. mortuum vadium.] (Law) A mortgage. See Mortgage. -- Living pledge. Etym: [A translation of LL. vivum vadium.] (Law) The conveyance of an estate to another for money borrowed, to be held by him until the debt is paid out of the re…

To become soft or muddy. Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach in winter. Mortimer.

To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.

The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.

A pot-shaped cannon; a mortar. [Obs.] "Twelve potguns of brass." Hakluyt.