morse

morse
/mawrs/, n. Eccles.
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
[1375-1425; late ME mors < OF < L morsus fastening, lit., act of biting, equiv. to mord(ere) to bite + -tus, suffix of v. action]

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(as used in expressions)
Mary Morse Baker
Morse Carlton E.
Morse Samuel Finley Breese

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Synonyms:
, (Trichechus rosmarus)


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