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Morris
Mor′ris
,Noun.
[Sp.
morisco
Moorish, fr. Moro
a Moor: cf. F. moresque
, It. moresca
.] 1.
A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets.
2.
A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictitious characters.
3.
An old game played with counters, or men, which are placed at the angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the ground; also, the board or ground on which the game is played.
The nine-men’s
morris
is filled up with mud. Shakespeare
☞ The figure consists of three concentric squares, with lines from the angles of the outer one to those of the inner, and from the middle of each side of the outer square to that of the inner. The game is played by two persons with nine or twelve pieces each (hence called nine-men's morris or twelve-men's morris). The pieces are placed alternately, and each player endeavors to prevent his opponent from making a straight row of three. Should either succeed in making a row, he may take up one of his opponent's pieces, and he who takes off all of his opponent's pieces wins the game.
Mor′ris
,Noun.
[So called from its discoverer.]
(Zool.)
A marine fish having a very slender, flat, transparent body. It is now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.
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Morris
Morris
See also: morris
English
Proper noun
Morris
- An English and Scottish surname derived from the Norman given name Maurice.
- An Irish surname, anglicised from Ó Muirghis.
- A Welsh surname, anglicised from Meurig.
- A male given name, transferred from the surnames, or a spelling variant of Maurice.
- A town in Alabama
- A town in Connecticut
- A city in Illinois
- A town in Indiana
- A town in Manitoba
- A town in Minnesota
- A town and village in New York
- A city in Oklahoma
- A town in Wisconsin
morris
morris
See also: Morris
English
Noun
morris (plural morrises)
- (weaponry) A type of pike.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 49.:
- Another kind of pike called a morris, that is a Moorish pike, was much in fashion about the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 49.:
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Etymology 2
From Morris, the surname of its discoverer.
Noun
morris (plural morrises)
- A marine fish with a very slender, flat, transparent body, now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.