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Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of, mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh.

In a mortifying manner.

, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon. Mortise and tenon (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used adjectively. -- Mortise joint, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. -- Mortise lock. See under Lock. -- Mortise…

An animal, as a sheep, dead of disease or privation; a mortling. [Eng.]

Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate.

See Mormal. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers. [Obs.] Bacon.

A dish of meats and other ingredients, cooked together; an ollapodrida. Chaucer. Bacon.

A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty.

The mugwort. See Mugwort.

A small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores (Limosella aquatica).

composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort.

A fern of the genus Hemionitis.

umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called pennywort, and kidneywort.

A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; -- called also dock-cress.

A failure of exportation; a not exporting of commodities.

Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.

Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries.

Nurture; education; culture; bringing up. [Obs.] Nortelry . . . learned at the nunnery. Chaucer.

Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.