Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A great number or quantity.
- noun The note sounded on a hunting horn to announce the death of a deer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A great quantity or number.
- noun A woman.
- Dead.
- noun The skin of a sheep or lamb which has died by accident or disease.
- noun A salmon in the third year.
- noun Death.
- noun A flourish sounded at the death of game.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. A great quantity or number.
- noun Cant, archaic A woman; a female.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. A salmon in its third year.
- noun Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.
- noun A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game.
- noun Prov. Eng. & Scot. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.
- noun the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth indicative or mourning; funeral hangings.
- noun [Eng.] a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin.
- noun A variety of dummy whist for three players; also, the exposed or dummy hand in this game.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A great quantity or number.
- noun A note sounded on a horn at the death of a deer.
- noun UK, Scotland, dialect The
skin of asheep orlamb that hasdied ofdisease . - noun Internet, informal A
player in amulti-user dungeon who does not have specialadministrator privileges and whosecharacter can be killed.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Maillart for answer smote at him, crying, "Traitor, _à mort, à mort_!"
The Story of Paris Thomas Okey 1893
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It was a sombre night, and as the unsuspecting prince rode up the Rue Vieille du Temple behind his little escort, humming a tune and playing with his glove, a band of assassins fell upon him from the shadow of the postern La Barbette, crying "_à mort, à mort_" and he was hacked to death.
The Story of Paris Thomas Okey 1893
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Anything with Mor, since mort is Latin for death: Mordred, Mordor,
Fritinancy 2008
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One possessed of a renewable term mort - gages it to J. S, who gains a new term from the original landlord, to com - mence after the old one; this nev term shall be subject to the old eqoity of redemption. ihid.
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I think I could agree with this, i think mat comes from the Persian word maut and NOT the latin mort which means death, i think the word mort is obtained from persian which means death.
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(I just can't help but associate "mort" gage with the french word for death.)
amishboy Diary Entry amishboy 2003
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Marguerite of Valois, sister of Francis I, could never utter the words "mort" or "petite verole," such a horrible aversion had she to death and small-pox.
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In English, the nearest equivalent is 'mort', the note sounded on a hunting horn to announce the death of a deer. marxist theory ..
Kasama 2008
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In English, the nearest equivalent is 'mort', the note sounded on a hunting horn to announce the death of a deer. marxist theory ..
Kasama 2008
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In English, the nearest equivalent is 'mort', the note sounded on a hunting horn to announce the death of a deer. marxist theory ..
Kasama 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word mort
"'It's a mort o' snow,' he said, somehow making it official. 'A mighty mort o' snow.'"
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley, p 130
November 26, 2011