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   Maarianhamina
         n 1: a town that is the chief port of the Aland islands [syn:
               {Mariehamn}, {Maarianhamina}]

English Dictionary: Maria Montesorri by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Maria Meneghini Callas
n
  1. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977)
    Synonym(s): Callas, Maria Callas, Maria Meneghini Callas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Maria Montesorri
n
  1. Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child- centered approach (1870-1952)
    Synonym(s): Montessori, Maria Montesorri
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Marian Anderson
n
  1. United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993)
    Synonym(s): Anderson, Marian Anderson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Marianne Moore
n
  1. United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872)
    Synonym(s): Moore, Marianne Moore, Marianne Craig Moore
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marine animal
n
  1. any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals
    Synonym(s): marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marine engineer
n
  1. a naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines
    Synonym(s): marine engineer, naval engineer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marine mine
n
  1. an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it
    Synonym(s): floating mine, marine mine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marine museum
n
  1. a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
    Synonym(s): aquarium, fish tank, marine museum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marine mussel
n
  1. marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones
    Synonym(s): marine mussel, mytilid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Merman
n
  1. United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984)
    Synonym(s): Merman, Ethel Merman
  2. half man and half fish; lives in the sea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meronym
n
  1. a word that names a part of a larger whole; "`brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'"
    Synonym(s): meronym, part name
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meronymy
n
  1. the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole
    Synonym(s): meronymy, part to whole relation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
merriment
n
  1. a gay feeling
    Synonym(s): gaiety, merriment
  2. activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around"
    Synonym(s): fun, merriment, playfulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mormon
adj
  1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon Church; "Mormon leaders"; "the former Mormon practice of polygamy"
n
  1. the ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph Smith who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
  2. a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
    Synonym(s): Latter-Day Saint, Mormon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mormon Church
n
  1. church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
    Synonym(s): Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Mormon Church, Mormons
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mormon cricket
n
  1. large dark wingless cricket-like katydid of arid parts of western United States
    Synonym(s): mormon cricket, Anabrus simplex
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mormon State
n
  1. a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
    Synonym(s): Utah, Beehive State, Mormon State, UT
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mormon Tabernacle
n
  1. the Mormon temple
    Synonym(s): Tabernacle, Mormon Tabernacle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mormonism
n
  1. the doctrines and practices of the Mormon Church based on the Book of Mormon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mormons
n
  1. church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
    Synonym(s): Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Mormon Church, Mormons
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morning
n
  1. the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands"
    Synonym(s): morning, morn, morning time, forenoon
  2. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
    Synonym(s): good morning, morning
  3. the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
    Synonym(s): dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow
    Antonym(s): sundown, sunset
  4. the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"
    Synonym(s): dawn, morning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morning coat
n
  1. a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back
    Synonym(s): swallow-tailed coat, swallowtail, morning coat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morning dress
n
  1. formal attire for men during the daytime
  2. a woman's informal dress for housework
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morning glory
n
  1. any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morning prayer
n
  1. the first canonical hour; at daybreak [syn: matins, morning prayer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morning room
n
  1. a sitting room used during the daylight hours
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morning sickness
n
  1. nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morning star
n
  1. a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
    Synonym(s): morning star, daystar, Phosphorus, Lucifer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morning time
n
  1. the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands"
    Synonym(s): morning, morn, morning time, forenoon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morning-after pill
n
  1. a large dose of estrogen taken orally within 24 to 72 hours after intercourse; prevents implantation of a fertilized ovum and so acts as a contraceptive; commonly used after rape or incest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morning-glory family
n
  1. morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit
    Synonym(s): Convolvulaceae, family Convolvulaceae, morning- glory family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Morone americana
n
  1. small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams
    Synonym(s): white perch, silver perch, Morone americana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Morone interrupta
n
  1. North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass
    Synonym(s): yellow bass, Morone interrupta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mourning
adj
  1. sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
    Synonym(s): bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a)
n
  1. state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
    Synonym(s): mourning, bereavement
  2. the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
    Synonym(s): lamentation, mourning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mourning band
n
  1. a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning
    Synonym(s): weed, mourning band
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mourning cloak
n
  1. of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders
    Synonym(s): mourning cloak, mourning cloak butterfly, Camberwell beauty, Nymphalis antiopa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mourning cloak butterfly
n
  1. of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders
    Synonym(s): mourning cloak, mourning cloak butterfly, Camberwell beauty, Nymphalis antiopa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mourning dove
n
  1. wild dove of the United States having a mournful call [syn: mourning dove, Zenaidura macroura]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mourning ring
n
  1. a ring worn as a memorial to a dead person
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Murmansk
n
  1. a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ermine \Er"mine\, n. [OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German
      origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm[?],
      szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL.
      armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur
      of the Armenian rat, mus Armenius, the animal being found
      also in Armenia.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus
            Mustela ({M. erminea}), allied to the weasel; the stoat.
            It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and
            America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes
            white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.
  
      2. The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting
            garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the
            tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals
            throughout the white.
  
      3. By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose
            state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity
            and honor without stain. --Chatham.
  
      4. (Her.) One of the furs. See {Fur} (Her.)
  
      Note: Ermine is represented by an argent field, tufted with
               black. Ermines is the reverse of ermine, being black,
               spotted or timbered with argent. Erminois is the same
               as ermine, except that or is substituted for argent.
  
      {Ermine moth} (Zo[94]l.), a white moth with black spots (esp.
            {Yponomeuta padella} of Europe); -- so called on account
            of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the
            ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of
            America.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Marine engine} (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a
            vessel.
  
      {Marine glue}. See under {Glue}.
  
      {Marine insurance}, insurance against the perils of the sea,
            including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry.
  
      {Marine interest}, interest at any rate agreed on for money
            lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds.
  
      {Marine law}. See under {Law}.
  
      {Marine league}, three geographical miles.
  
      {Marine metal}, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made
            for sheathing ships. --Mc Elrath.
  
      {Marine soap}, cocoanut oil soap; -- so called because, being
            quite soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard.
           
  
      {Marine store}, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are
            bought and sold; a junk shop. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Marine engine} (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a
            vessel.
  
      {Marine glue}. See under {Glue}.
  
      {Marine insurance}, insurance against the perils of the sea,
            including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry.
  
      {Marine interest}, interest at any rate agreed on for money
            lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds.
  
      {Marine law}. See under {Law}.
  
      {Marine league}, three geographical miles.
  
      {Marine metal}, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made
            for sheathing ships. --Mc Elrath.
  
      {Marine soap}, cocoanut oil soap; -- so called because, being
            quite soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard.
           
  
      {Marine store}, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are
            bought and sold; a junk shop. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Marine engine} (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a
            vessel.
  
      {Marine glue}. See under {Glue}.
  
      {Marine insurance}, insurance against the perils of the sea,
            including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry.
  
      {Marine interest}, interest at any rate agreed on for money
            lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds.
  
      {Marine law}. See under {Law}.
  
      {Marine league}, three geographical miles.
  
      {Marine metal}, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made
            for sheathing ships. --Mc Elrath.
  
      {Marine soap}, cocoanut oil soap; -- so called because, being
            quite soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard.
           
  
      {Marine store}, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are
            bought and sold; a junk shop. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Marine engine} (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a
            vessel.
  
      {Marine glue}. See under {Glue}.
  
      {Marine insurance}, insurance against the perils of the sea,
            including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry.
  
      {Marine interest}, interest at any rate agreed on for money
            lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds.
  
      {Marine law}. See under {Law}.
  
      {Marine league}, three geographical miles.
  
      {Marine metal}, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made
            for sheathing ships. --Mc Elrath.
  
      {Marine soap}, cocoanut oil soap; -- so called because, being
            quite soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard.
           
  
      {Marine store}, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are
            bought and sold; a junk shop. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maroon \Ma*roon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marooned}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Marooning}.] [See {Maroon} a fugitive slave.]
      To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and
      leave him to his fate.
  
      {Marooning party}, a social excursion party that sojourns
            several days on the shore or in some retired place; a
            prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maroon \Ma*roon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marooned}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Marooning}.] [See {Maroon} a fugitive slave.]
      To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and
      leave him to his fate.
  
      {Marooning party}, a social excursion party that sojourns
            several days on the shore or in some retired place; a
            prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Merman \Mer"man\, n.; pl. {Mermen}.
      The male corresponding to mermaid; a sea man, or man fish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Merman \Mer"man\, n.; pl. {Mermen}.
      The male corresponding to mermaid; a sea man, or man fish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Merriment \Mer"ri*ment\, n.
      Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic. [bd]Follies and light
      merriment.[b8] --Spenser.
  
               Methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed
               merriment.                                             --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.
  
                     Is any merry [?] let him sing psalms. --Jas. v. 13.
  
      3. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, [?]
            merry jest. [bd]Merry wind and weather.[b8] --Spenser.
  
      {Merry dancers}. See under {Dancer}.
  
      {Merry men}, followers; retainers. [Obs.]
  
                     His merie men commanded he To make him bothe game
                     and glee.                                          --Chaucer.
  
      {To make merry}, to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to
            feast with mirth. --Judg. ix. 27.
  
      Syn: Cheerful; blithe; lively; sprightly; vivacious; gleeful;
               joyous; mirthful; jocund; sportive; hilarious.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moor \Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[d3]r moor, morass; akin to D.
      moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere.
      See {Mere} a lake.]
      1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and
            having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and
            abounding in peat; a heath.
  
                     In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor.
                                                                              --Carew.
  
      2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.
  
      {Moor buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Moor coal} (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite.
  
      {Moor cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the moor fowl or red
            grouse of Europe.
  
      {Moor coot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gallinule}.
  
      {Moor fowl}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse ({Lagopus
                  Scoticus}).
            (b) The European heath grouse. See under {Heath}.
  
      {Moor game}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Moor fowl} (above).
  
      {Moor grass} (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass ({Sesleria
            c[91]rulea}), found in mountain pastures of Europe.
  
      {Moor hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier.
  
      {Moor hen}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The female of the moor fowl.
            (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See
                  {Gallinule}.
            (c) An Australian rail ({Tribonyx ventralis}).
  
      {Moor monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the black macaque of Borneo
            ({Macacus maurus}).
  
      {Moor titling} (Zo[94]l.), the European stonechat
            ({Pratinocola rubicola}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Old \Old\, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old,
      ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald,
      old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up,
      Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish.
      Cf. {Adult}, {Alderman}, {Aliment}, {Auld}, {Elder}.]
      1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived
            till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an
            old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
  
                     Let not old age disgrace my high desire. --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
                     The melancholy news that we grow old. --Young.
  
      2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having
            existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
            [bd]An old acquaintance.[b8] --Camden.
  
      3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding;
            original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
            [bd]The old schools of Greece.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The
            character of the old Ligurians.[b8] --Addison.
  
      4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence;
            having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the
            age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a
            cathedral centuries old.
  
                     And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
                                                                              --Cen. xlvii.
                                                                              8.
  
      Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that
               designates the age; as, she was eight years old.
  
      5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as,
            an old offender; old in vice.
  
                     Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to
            {new} land, that is, to land lately cleared.
  
      7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness;
            as, old shoes; old clothes.
  
      8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.]
  
                     If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have
                     old turning the key.                           --Shak.
  
      9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or
            other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly
            as a term of reproach.
  
      10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good
            old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
  
      11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and
            familiarity. [bd]Go thy ways, old lad.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Old age}, advanced years; the latter period of life.
  
      {Old bachelor}. See {Bachelor}, 1.
  
      {Old Catholics}. See under {Catholic}.
  
      {Old English}. See under {English}. n., 2.
  
      {Old Nick}, {Old Scratch}, the devil.
  
      {Old lady} (Zo[94]l.), a large European noctuid moth ({Mormo
            maura}).
  
      {Old maid}.
            (a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never
                  been married; a spinster.
            (b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered
                  periwinkle ({Vinca rosea}).
            (c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The
                  person with whom the odd card is left is the old
                  maid.
  
      {Old man's beard}. (Bot.)
            (a) The traveler's joy ({Clematis Vitalba}). So named
                  from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.
            (b) The {Tillandsia usneoides}. See {Tillandsia}.
  
      {Old man's head} (Bot.), a columnar cactus ({Pilocereus
            senilis}), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with
            long white hairs.
  
      {Old red sandstone} (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks
            situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and
            comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and
            conglomerates. See {Sandstone}, and the Chart of
            {Geology}.
  
      {Old school}, a school or party belonging to a former time,
            or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a
            former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used
            also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians.
  
      {Old sledge}, an old and well-known game of cards, called
            also {all fours}, and {high, low, Jack, and the game}.
  
      {Old squaw} (Zo[94]l.), a duck ({Clangula hyemalis})
            inhabiting the northern parts of both hemispheres. The
            adult male is varied with black and white and is
            remarkable for the length of its tail. Called also
            {longtailed duck}, {south southerly}, {callow}, {hareld},
            and {old wife}.
  
      {Old style}. (Chron.) See the Note under {Style}.
  
      {Old Testament}. See under {Testament}.
  
      {Old wife}. [In the senses
            b and
            c written also {oldwife}.]
            (a) A prating old woman; a gossip.
  
                           Refuse profane and old wives' fables. --1 Tim.
                                                                              iv. 7.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) The local name of various fishes, as the
                  European black sea bream ({Cantharus lineatus}), the
                  American alewife, etc.
            (c) (Zo[94]l.) A duck; the old squaw.
  
      {Old World}, the Eastern Hemisphere.
  
      Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated;
               old-fashioned; obsolete. See {Ancient}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mormon \Mor"mon\, n. (Eccl.)
      One of a sect in the United States, followers of Joseph
      Smith, who professed to have found an addition to the Bible,
      engraved on golden plates, called the Book of Mormon, first
      published in 1830. The Mormons believe in polygamy, and their
      hierarchy of apostles, etc., has control of civil and
      religious matters.
  
      Note: The Mormons call their religious organization The
               Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its head
               claims to receive revelations of God's will, and to
               have certain supernatural powers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mormon \Mor"mon\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion;
      Mormon practices.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mormon \Mor"mon\, n. (Eccl.)
      A member of a sect, called the Reorganized Church of Jesus of
      Latterday Saints, which has always rejected polygamy. It was
      organized in 1852, and is represented in about forty States
      and Territories of the United States.

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   Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[ucr]f"f[icr]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) An arctic sea bird {Fratercula arctica}) allied
            to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak,
            whence the name; -- called also {bottle nose}, {cockandy},
            {coulterneb}, {marrot}, {mormon}, {pope}, and {sea
            parrot}.
  
      Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
               the horned puffin ({F. corniculata}), the tufted puffin
               ({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill.
  
      {Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}.
  
      2. (Bot.) The puffball.
  
      3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).

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   Mormon \Mor"mon\, n. (Eccl.)
      One of a sect in the United States, followers of Joseph
      Smith, who professed to have found an addition to the Bible,
      engraved on golden plates, called the Book of Mormon, first
      published in 1830. The Mormons believe in polygamy, and their
      hierarchy of apostles, etc., has control of civil and
      religious matters.
  
      Note: The Mormons call their religious organization The
               Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its head
               claims to receive revelations of God's will, and to
               have certain supernatural powers.

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   Mormon \Mor"mon\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion;
      Mormon practices.

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   Mormon \Mor"mon\, n. (Eccl.)
      A member of a sect, called the Reorganized Church of Jesus of
      Latterday Saints, which has always rejected polygamy. It was
      organized in 1852, and is represented in about forty States
      and Territories of the United States.

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   Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[ucr]f"f[icr]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) An arctic sea bird {Fratercula arctica}) allied
            to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak,
            whence the name; -- called also {bottle nose}, {cockandy},
            {coulterneb}, {marrot}, {mormon}, {pope}, and {sea
            parrot}.
  
      Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
               the horned puffin ({F. corniculata}), the tufted puffin
               ({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill.
  
      {Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}.
  
      2. (Bot.) The puffball.
  
      3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).

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   Mormondom \Mor"mon*dom\, n.
      The country inhabited by the Mormons; the Mormon people.

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   Mormonism \Mor"mon*ism\, n.
      The doctrine, system, and practices of the Mormons.

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   Mormonite \Mor"mon*ite\, n.
      A Mormon. -- a. Mormon. [bd]Mormonite religion.[b8] --F. W.
      Newman.

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   Morning \Morn"ing\, a.
      Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being
      in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light;
      morning service.
  
               She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with
               dew.                                                      --Shak.
  
      {Morning gown}, a gown worn in the morning before one is
            dressed for the day.
  
      {Morning gun}, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at
            military posts.
  
      {Morning sickness} (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually
            occurring in the morning; -- a common sign of pregnancy.
           
  
      {Morning star}.
      (a) Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn)
            when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf.
            {Evening star}, {Evening}.
      (b) Satan. See {Lucifer}.
  
                     Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor
                     fiend hath fallen so far.                  --Byron.
      (c) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes,
            either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a
            chain.
  
      {Morning watch} (Naut.), the watch between four A. M. and
            eight A. M..

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   Morning \Morn"ing\, a.
      Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being
      in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light;
      morning service.
  
               She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with
               dew.                                                      --Shak.
  
      {Morning gown}, a gown worn in the morning before one is
            dressed for the day.
  
      {Morning gun}, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at
            military posts.
  
      {Morning sickness} (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually
            occurring in the morning; -- a common sign of pregnancy.
           
  
      {Morning star}.
      (a) Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn)
            when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf.
            {Evening star}, {Evening}.
      (b) Satan. See {Lucifer}.
  
                     Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor
                     fiend hath fallen so far.                  --Byron.
      (c) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes,
            either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a
            chain.
  
      {Morning watch} (Naut.), the watch between four A. M. and
            eight A. M..

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   Morning \Morn"ing\, a.
      Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being
      in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light;
      morning service.
  
               She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with
               dew.                                                      --Shak.
  
      {Morning gown}, a gown worn in the morning before one is
            dressed for the day.
  
      {Morning gun}, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at
            military posts.
  
      {Morning sickness} (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually
            occurring in the morning; -- a common sign of pregnancy.
           
  
      {Morning star}.
      (a) Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn)
            when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf.
            {Evening star}, {Evening}.
      (b) Satan. See {Lucifer}.
  
                     Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor
                     fiend hath fallen so far.                  --Byron.
      (c) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes,
            either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a
            chain.
  
      {Morning watch} (Naut.), the watch between four A. M. and
            eight A. M..

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   Morning \Morn"ing\, a.
      Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being
      in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light;
      morning service.
  
               She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with
               dew.                                                      --Shak.
  
      {Morning gown}, a gown worn in the morning before one is
            dressed for the day.
  
      {Morning gun}, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at
            military posts.
  
      {Morning sickness} (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually
            occurring in the morning; -- a common sign of pregnancy.
           
  
      {Morning star}.
      (a) Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn)
            when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf.
            {Evening star}, {Evening}.
      (b) Satan. See {Lucifer}.
  
                     Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor
                     fiend hath fallen so far.                  --Byron.
      (c) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes,
            either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a
            chain.
  
      {Morning watch} (Naut.), the watch between four A. M. and
            eight A. M..

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   Morning \Morn"ing\, a.
      Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being
      in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light;
      morning service.
  
               She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with
               dew.                                                      --Shak.
  
      {Morning gown}, a gown worn in the morning before one is
            dressed for the day.
  
      {Morning gun}, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at
            military posts.
  
      {Morning sickness} (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually
            occurring in the morning; -- a common sign of pregnancy.
           
  
      {Morning star}.
      (a) Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn)
            when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf.
            {Evening star}, {Evening}.
      (b) Satan. See {Lucifer}.
  
                     Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor
                     fiend hath fallen so far.                  --Byron.
      (c) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes,
            either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a
            chain.
  
      {Morning watch} (Naut.), the watch between four A. M. and
            eight A. M..

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   Morning \Morn"ing\, a.
      Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being
      in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light;
      morning service.
  
               She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with
               dew.                                                      --Shak.
  
      {Morning gown}, a gown worn in the morning before one is
            dressed for the day.
  
      {Morning gun}, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at
            military posts.
  
      {Morning sickness} (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually
            occurring in the morning; -- a common sign of pregnancy.
           
  
      {Morning star}.
      (a) Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn)
            when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf.
            {Evening star}, {Evening}.
      (b) Satan. See {Lucifer}.
  
                     Since he miscalled the morning star, Nor man nor
                     fiend hath fallen so far.                  --Byron.
      (c) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes,
            either attached to a staff or suspended from one by a
            chain.
  
      {Morning watch} (Naut.), the watch between four A. M. and
            eight A. M..

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   Morning-glory \Morn"ing-glo`ry\, n. (Bot.)
      A climbing plant ({Ipom[d2]a purpurea}) having handsome,
      funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or
      variegated, sometimes pale blue. See {Dextrorsal}.

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   Morningtide \Morn"ing*tide`\, n.
      Morning time. [Poetic]

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      {White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
            Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
            wheels, and for other purposes.
  
      {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}.
           
  
      {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
            the white feather}, under {Feather}, n.
  
      {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
            of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A.
            concolor}.
  
      {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under
            {Ruffed}. [Canada]
  
      {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}.
  
      {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White garnet} (Min.), leucite.
  
      {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica})
            with greenish-white pale[91].
  
      {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The white ptarmigan.
            (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
  
      {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other
            allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
            other plants, and often do much damage.
  
      {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under
            {Squirrel}.
  
      {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier.
  
      {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become
            incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
            they emit.
  
      {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum}
            ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2.
  
      {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
            distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
  
      {The White House}. See under {House}.
  
      {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba})
            having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the
            wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and
            the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}.
           
  
      {White iron}.
            (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
            (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
                  proportion of combined carbon.
  
      {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite.
  
      {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
            but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
  
      {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting.
  
      {White lead}.
            (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
                  other purposes; ceruse.
            (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
  
      {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
            salt.
  
      {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}.
  
      {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
            {Rattlesnake}.
  
      {White lie}. See under {Lie}.
  
      {White light}.
            (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
                  same proportion as in the light coming directly from
                  the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
                  through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1.
            (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
                  illumination for signals, etc.
  
      {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for
            whitewashing; whitewash.
  
      {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
            on a printed page; a blank line.
  
      {White meat}.
            (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
            (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
  
                           Driving their cattle continually with them, and
                           feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White metal}.
            (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
                  etc.
            (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
                  certain stage in copper smelting.
  
      {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common clothes moth.
            (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
                  Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
                  spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin
                  moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {White money}, silver money.
  
      {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common
            mouse.
  
      {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema})
            ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
            called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}.
  
      {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white
            crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
            head, which give the appearance of a hood.
  
      {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}.
  
      {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The snowy owl.
            (b) The barn owl.
  
      {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan.
  
      {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana})
                  valued as a food fish.
            (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
            (c) Any California surf fish.
  
      {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}.
  
      {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often
            cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
  
      {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}.
           
  
      {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
            exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
            [Obs.]
  
                     A pistol charged with white powder.   --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
            (b) An albino rabbit.
  
      {White rent},
            (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
                  opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3.
            (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
                  every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
                  Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
                  Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}.
            (b) The umhofo.
  
      {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain
            organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
            purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
  
      {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
  
      {White rot}. (Bot.)
            (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
                  butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
                  called rot in sheep.
            (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}.
  
      {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
            lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
            fat}.
  
      {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon.
  
      {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
  
      {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii})
            injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under
            {Orange}.
  
      {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See
            under {Shark}.
  
      {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under
            {Softening}.
  
      {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1.
  
      {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
            blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
            otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
            the surface of the sea.
  
      {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
            England. --Macaulay.
  
      {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork.
  
      {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose}
            (d) .
  
      {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common sucker.
            (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}).
  
      {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
            produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
            membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
            the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
            to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
  
      {White tombac}. See {Tombac}.
  
      {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver
            squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United
            States.
  
      {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
            vitriol}, under {Vitriol}.
  
      {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
  
      {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
  
      {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga.
  
      {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew.
  
      {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
            bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
            distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
            Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
            are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
            purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
  
      {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of
                  Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and
                  {Thibetan wolf}.
            (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
  
      {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called
            from the color of the under parts.

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   Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.]
      [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin
      to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul,
      Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?]
      greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf.
      {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.]
      Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or
      brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the
      solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.
  
               Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
               A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits,
               the green ear and the yellow sheaf.         --Milton.
  
               The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble.
  
      {Yellow atrophy} (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in
            which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly
            smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms
            are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and
            jaundice.
  
      {Yellow bark}, calisaya bark.
  
      {Yellow bass} (Zo[94]l.), a North American fresh-water bass
            ({Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the
            Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with
            several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called
            also {barfish}.
  
      {Yellow berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Persian berry}, under
            {Persian}.
  
      {Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot.
  
      {Yellow brier}. (Bot.) See under {Brier}.
  
      {Yellow bugle} (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga
            Cham[91]pitys}).
  
      {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer.
  
      {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the
            bashaw.
  
      {Yellow copperas} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; --
            called also {copiapite}.
  
      {Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper
            pyrites. See {Chalcopyrite}.
  
      {Yellow cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant
            ({Barbarea pr[91]cox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant.
           
  
      {Yellow dock}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Dock}.
  
      {Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes
            used as a yellow pigment.
  
      {Yellow fever} (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile
            disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice,
            producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black
            vomit. See {Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine},
            and 3d {Flag}.
  
      {Yellow jack}.
      (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}.
      (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}.
  
      {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            American social wasps of the genus {Vespa}, in which the
            color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are
            noted for their irritability, and for their painful
            stings.
  
      {Yellow lead ore} (Min.), wulfenite.
  
      {Yellow lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou.
  
      {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou.
  
      {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the jurel.
  
      {Yellow metal}. Same as {Muntz metal}, under {Metal}.
  
      {Yellow ocher} (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown
            iron ore, which is used as a pigment.
  
      {Yellow oxeye} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant
            ({Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye
            daisy.
  
      {Yellow perch} (Zo[94]l.), the common American perch. See
            {Perch}.
  
      {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eye.
  
      {Yellow pine} (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also,
            their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the
            most common are valuable species are {Pinus mitis} and {P.
            palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P.
            ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and
            Pacific States.
  
      {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]l.), the golden plover.
  
      {Yellow precipitate} (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which
            is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding
            corrosive sublimate to limewater.
  
      {Yellow puccoon}. (Bot.) Same as {Orangeroot}.
  
      {Yellow rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Porzana
            Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow,
            darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish
            yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also
            {yellow crake}.
  
      {Yellow rattle}, {Yellow rocket}. (Bot.) See under {Rattle},
            and {Rocket}.
  
      {Yellow Sally} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European
            stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by
            anglers.
  
      {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet.
  
      {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus
            inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to
            ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed
            with black, and anteriorly with black lines.
  
      {Yellow spot}.
      (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the
            fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision
            is most accurate. See {Eye}.
      (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Polites Peckius})
            of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a
            large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind
            wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also {Peck's
            skipper}. See Illust. under {Skipper}, n., 5.
  
      {Yellow tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            crested titmice of the genus {Machlolophus}, native of
            India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow
            and green.
  
      {Yellow viper} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance.
  
      {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the
            predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]stiva},
            which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called
            also {garden warbler}, {golden warbler}, {summer
            yellowbird}, {summer warbler}, and {yellow-poll warbler}.
           
  
      {Yellow wash} (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in
            water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate
            to limewater.
  
      {Yellow wren} (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The European willow warbler.
      (b) The European wood warbler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Morwening \Mor"wen*ing\, n.
      Morning. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mourn \Mourn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mourned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mourning}.] [AS. murnan; akin to OS. mornian, OHG. mornen,
      Goth. ma[a3]rnan.]
      1. To express or to feel grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be
            sorrowful; to lament; to be in a state of grief or
            sadness.
  
                     Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for
                     her.                                                   --Gen. xxiii.
                                                                              2.
  
      2. To wear the customary garb of a mourner.
  
                     We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year.
                                                                              --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mourning \Mourn"ing\, n. [AS. murnung.]
      1. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation;
            sorrow.
  
      2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp.
            clothing or a badge of somber black.
  
                     The houses to their tops with black were spread, And
                     ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid. --Dryden.
  
      {Deep mourning}. See under {Deep}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
      1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
  
      2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
            appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
            as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
            and the like.
  
      {Mourning bride} (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa
            atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
            flattened heads.
  
      {Mourning dove} (Zo[94]l.), a wild dove ({Zenaidura
            macroura}) found throughout the United States; -- so named
            from its plaintive note. Called also {Carolina dove}. See
            Illust. under {Dove}.
  
      {Mourning warbler} (Zo[94]l.), an American ground warbler
            ({Geothlypis Philadelphia}). The male has the head, neck,
            and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
            and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
      1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
  
      2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
            appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
            as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
            and the like.
  
      {Mourning bride} (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa
            atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
            flattened heads.
  
      {Mourning dove} (Zo[94]l.), a wild dove ({Zenaidura
            macroura}) found throughout the United States; -- so named
            from its plaintive note. Called also {Carolina dove}. See
            Illust. under {Dove}.
  
      {Mourning warbler} (Zo[94]l.), an American ground warbler
            ({Geothlypis Philadelphia}). The male has the head, neck,
            and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
            and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
      1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
  
      2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
            appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
            as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
            and the like.
  
      {Mourning bride} (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa
            atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
            flattened heads.
  
      {Mourning dove} (Zo[94]l.), a wild dove ({Zenaidura
            macroura}) found throughout the United States; -- so named
            from its plaintive note. Called also {Carolina dove}. See
            Illust. under {Dove}.
  
      {Mourning warbler} (Zo[94]l.), an American ground warbler
            ({Geothlypis Philadelphia}). The male has the head, neck,
            and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
            and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dove \Dove\, n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[?]fe; akin to OS.
      d[?]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[?]ba, G. taube, Icel. d[?]fa, Sw.
      dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[?]b[?]; perh. from the root of E.
      dive.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A pigeon of the genus {Columba} and various
            related genera. The species are numerous.
  
      Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called
               {fantails}, {tumblers}, {carrier pigeons}, etc., was
               derived from the {rock pigeon} ({Columba livia}) of
               Europe and Asia; the {turtledove} of Europe, celebrated
               for its sweet, plaintive note, is {C. turtur} or
               {Turtur vulgaris}; the {ringdove}, the largest of
               European species, is {C. palumbus}; the {Carolina
               dove}, or {Mourning dove}, is {Zenaidura macroura}; the
               {sea dove} is the little auk ({Mergulus alle} or {Alle
               alle}). See {Turtledove}, {Ground dove}, and {Rock
               pigeon}. The dove is a symbol of innocence, gentleness,
               and affection; also, in art and in the Scriptures, the
               typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
      1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
  
      2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
            appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
            as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
            and the like.
  
      {Mourning bride} (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa
            atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
            flattened heads.
  
      {Mourning dove} (Zo[94]l.), a wild dove ({Zenaidura
            macroura}) found throughout the United States; -- so named
            from its plaintive note. Called also {Carolina dove}. See
            Illust. under {Dove}.
  
      {Mourning warbler} (Zo[94]l.), an American ground warbler
            ({Geothlypis Philadelphia}). The male has the head, neck,
            and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
            and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mourningly \Mourn"ing*ly\, adv.
      In a mourning manner.

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   Mariemont, OH (village, FIPS 47600)
      Location: 39.14205 N, 84.37904 W
      Population (1990): 3118 (1509 housing units)
      Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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      Zip code(s): 55047

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   Marine on St. Croix, MN (city, FIPS 40580)
      Location: 45.19804 N, 92.77316 W
      Population (1990): 602 (264 housing units)
      Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)

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   Mermentau, LA (village, FIPS 49870)
      Location: 30.18498 N, 92.58498 W
      Population (1990): 760 (313 housing units)
      Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

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   Merriman, NE (village, FIPS 31815)
      Location: 42.92109 N, 101.69985 W
      Population (1990): 151 (78 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 69218

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      Location: 34.42798 N, 119.28280 W
      Population (1990): 7744 (2906 housing units)
      Area: 11.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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   Morning Sun, IA (city, FIPS 54120)
      Location: 41.09400 N, 91.25155 W
      Population (1990): 841 (348 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52640

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      Location: 38.82940 N, 76.89071 W
      Population (1990): 930 (318 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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