Mort
n.
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A great quantity or number. [Prov. Eng.]
There was a mort of merrymaking.
Mort
n.
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A woman; a female. [Cant, archaic]
Male gypsies all, not a mort among them.
Mort
n.
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A salmon in its third year. (Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]
Mort
n.
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Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.
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A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game.
The sportsman then sounded a treble mort.
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The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Phrases & Compounds
- Mort cloth
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the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth indicative or mourning; funeral hangings.
- Mort stone
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a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin.
Mort
n.
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A variety of dummy whist for three players; also, the exposed or dummy hand in this game.