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Greater in quality, amount, degree, quality, and the like; with the singular. He gat more money. Chaucer. If we procure not to ourselves more woe. Milton.

A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; -- used in upholstery, for curtains, etc.

Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries. [Written also morelle.]

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.]

The Moresque style of architecture or decoration. See Moorish architecture, under Moorish. [Written also mauresque.]

Charcoal prepared for making powder.

An amorous girl or woman; a wanton. [Obs.] J. Warton.

An amoret. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Clad with armor.

A man-of-war carrying a large coal supply, and more or less protected from the enemy's shot by iron or steel armor. There is no distinct and accepted classification distinguishing armored and protected cruisers from each other, except that the first have more or heavier armor than the second.

One who makes or repairs armor or arms.

A common American bird (Icterus galbula), named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin.