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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.

d even higher; - - so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described. Mortar bed (Mil.), a framework of wood and iron, suitably hollowed out to receive the breech and trunnions of a mortar. -- Mortar boat or vessel (Naut.), a boat strongly built and adapted to carrying a mortar or mortars for bomba…

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.

In a mortifying manner.

l, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon. Mortise and tenon (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used adjectively. -- Mortise joint, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. -- Mortise lock. See under Lock. -- Mortise…