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The walrus. See Walrus.

A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse's telegraph. The letters are represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .- (A), -... (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), ... (R), -- (T), etc., or by sounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less inte…

The telegraphic code, consisting of dots, dashes, and spaces, invented by Samuel B. Morse. The Alphabetic code which is in use in North America is given below. In length, or duration, one dash is theoretically equal to three dots; the space between the elements of a letter is equal to one dot; the interval in spaced le…

A little bite or bit of food. Chaucer. Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a new labor to a tired digestion. South.

Remorse. [Obs.] "With sad commorse." Daniel.

Same as Premorse.

Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off. Premorse root or leaves (Bot.), such as have an abrupt, ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten off short.

e for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life. "Nero will be tainted with remorse." Shak.

Feeling remorse. [Obs.]

Full of remorse. The full tide of remorseful passion had abated. Sir W. Scott.

Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless. "Remorseless adversaries." South. "With remorseless cruelty." Milton.

Utterly remorseless. [Obs. & R.] "Unremorseless death." Cowley.

To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.] J. Morse.

To come near to; to approach. The telescope approximates perfection. J. Morse.

heritance of the first born. Lest there be any . . . profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. Heb. xii. 16.

A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.

A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.

Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse.

Navigable for boats, or small river craft. The boatable waters of the Alleghany. J. Morse.

A delicious morsel or mouthful; a tidbit.