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An edible fungus (Morchella esculenta), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces. [Written also moril.]

Moorland.

Nightshade. See 2d Morel.

A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and juice, -- used chiefly for preserving.

Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or cadence.

Greatness. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Beyond what has been said; further; besides; in addition; furthermore; also; likewise. Moreover, he hath left you all his walks. Shak.

The Australian crested goatsucker (Ægotheles Novæ-Hollandiæ). Also applied to other allied birds, as Podargus Cuveiri.

Customs; habits; esp., customs conformity to which is more or less obligatory; customary law.

Moresque. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to, or in the manner or style of, the Moors; Moorish. -- n.

ting horses; -- so called from the name of the stud from which the breed originated in Vermont.

children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband. Brande & C. -- Mor`ga*nat"ic*al*ly, adv.

The European small-spotted dogfish, or houndfish. See the Note under Houndfish.

A sword. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

A place where the bodies of persons found dead are exposed, that they may be identified, or claimed by their friends; a deadhouse.

Idiocy; imbecility; fatuity; foolishness.

A Moor. [Obs.] In vain the Turks and Morians armed be. Fairfax.

In a dying state; dying; at the point of death. The patient was comatose and moribund. Copland.

Pertaining to, or derived from, fustic (see Morin); as, moric acid.