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A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen. Morass ore. (Min.) See Bog ore, under Bog.

Marshy; fenny. [R.] Pennant.

A salt of moric acid.

A delaying tarrying; delay. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

gal right to delay meeting an obligation, esp. such a period granted, as to a bank, by a moratory law.

Of or pertaining to delay; esp., designating a law passed, as in a time of financial panic, to postpone or delay for a period the time at which notes, bills of exchange, and other obligations, shall mature or become due.

Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. See Moravian, n.

The religious system of the Moravians.

A muræna.

A picture made up of several smaller pictures, drawn upon separate pieces in such a manner as to admit of combination in many different ways, thus producing a great variety of scenes or landscapes.

A type of orange in which the fruit incloses a small secondary fruit, the rind showing on the exterior a navel-like pit or depression at the apex. There are several varieties; they are usually seedless, or nearly so, and are much grown in California.

Same as Cælenterata.

Of or pertaining to a wood or grove. [R.]

A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within.

Not moral nor immoral; having no connection with morals; not in the sphere of morals or ethics; not ethical.

Having eight rays.

Same as Cephalophora.

A perfume; a strong scent. [Obs.] Burton.

Yielding odors; fragrant. Holland.

Odorous. [Obos.] Bacon.