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The act of biting or gnawing. [Obs.]

The act of biting. Swift.

A great quantity or number. [Prov. Eng.] There was a mort of merrymaking. Dickens.

Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying. When I saw her die, I then did think on your mortality. Carew.

To make mortal. [R.]

In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded.

Quality of being mortal; mortality.

A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.

State of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage. Chattel mortgage. See under Chattel. -- To foreclose a mortgage. See under Foreclose. -- Mortgage deed (Law), a deed given by way of mortgage.

The person to whom property is mortgaged, or to whom a mortgage is made or given.

One who gives a mortgage.

gives a mortgage.

Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as, a mortiferous herb. Gov. of Tongue.

The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified; especially:

of Mortify.

The state of being mortified; humiliation; subjection of the passions. [R.]

One who, or that which, mortifies.

s or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action. [Obs.] Chaucer. Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. Bacon. He mortified pearls in vinegar. Hakewill.

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