About The Word Morris
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Morris
Morris Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Morris?
[n] United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)
[n] American Revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806) [n] English poet and craftsman (1834-1896) [n] United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902) Synonyms | Synonyms for Morris: Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris | Esther Morris | Gouverneur Morris | Robert Morris | William Morris Related Terms | Find terms related to Morris: See Also | American Revolutionary leader | artificer | artisan | craftsman | financier | journeyman | moneyman | national leader | poet | solon | statesman | suffragist Morris In Webster's Dictionary \Mor"ris\, n. [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 fictious characters.
3. An old game played with counters, or men, which are placed
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. --Shak.
Note: 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\, n. [So called from its discoverer.] (Zo["o]l.) 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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