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MORTIF'EROUS, a. [L. mortifer; mors, death, and fero, to bring.] Bringing or pro...
MORTIFICA'TION, n. [See Mortify .] 1. In medicine and surgery, the death and con...
MOR'TIFIED, pp. Affected by sphacelus or gangrene. 1. Humbled; subdued; abased.
MOR'TIFIEDNESS, n. Humiliation; subjection of the passions.
MOR'TIFIER, n. He or that which mortifies.
MOR'TIFY, v.t. [L. mors, death, and facio, to make.] 1. To destroy the organic t...
MOR'TIFYING, ppr. Changing from soundness to gangrene or sphacelus. 1. Subduing;...
MORTISE, n. mor'tis. A cut or hollow place made in timber by the augur and chise...
MOR'TISED, pp. Having a mortise; joined by a mortise and tenon.
MOR'TISING, ppr. Making a mortise; uniting by a mortise and tenon.
MORT'LING, n. Wool plucked from a dead sheep.
MORT'MAIN, n. In law, possession of lands or tenements in dead hands, or hands t...
MORT'PAY, n. Dead pay; payment not made. [Not used.]
MOR'TRESS, n. [from mortar.] A dish of meat of various kinds beaten together. [N...
MOR'TUARY, n. 1. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by an...
MOSA'IC, a. s as z. [L. musivum.] 1. Mosaic work is an assemblage of little piec...