Mort - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Mort : \Mort\, n. [Cf. Icel. margt, neut. of margr many.] A great quantity or number. [Prov. Eng.]

There was a mort of merrymaking. --Dickens.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Mort : \Mort\, n. [Etym. uncert.] A woman; a female. [Cant]

Male gypsies all, not a mort among them. --B. Jonson.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Mort : \Mort\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) A salmon in its third year. [Prov. Eng.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Mort : \Mort\, n. [F., death, fr. L. mors, mortis.] 1. Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.

2. A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game.

The sportsman then sounded a treble mort. --Sir W. Scott.

3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Mort cloth, the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth indicative or mourning; funeral hangings. --Carlyle.

Mort stone, a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin. [Eng.] --H. Taylor.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Mort : \Mort\, n. [F. mort dummy, lit., dead.] A variety of dummy whist for three players; also, the exposed or dummy hand in this game.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Mort

MadecK: a un disque dur externe qui est en manque d'attention. OK, je vais te caresser plus souvent, mais c'est VRAIMENT PAS DRÔLE de faire le Mort!
TeenageC: @EverybodyGiones merci pour ton SMS de la Mort *__* <3
rickost: @aubedelune Bien sûr, j'ai vu tout le clip : c'est hilarant ! Je suis Mort de rire :-)))))
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