Moria
(||Mo"ri*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. folly.] Idiocy; imbecility; fatuity; foolishness.
Morian
(Mo"ri*an) n. (Ethnol.) A Moor. [Obs.]
In vain the Turks and Morians armed be.
Fairfax. Moribund
(Mor"i*bund) a. [L. moribundus, from moriri to die. See Mortal.] In a dying state; dying; at
the point of death.
The patient was comatose and moribund.
Copland. Moribund
(Mor"i*bund) n. A dying person. [R.]
Moric
(Mo"ric) a. Pertaining to, or derived from, fustic (see Morin); as, moric acid.
Morice
(Mor"ice) n. See Morisco.
Morigerate
(Mo*rig"er*ate) a. [L. morigeratus, p. p. of morigerari to comply with. See Morigerous.]
Obedient. [Obs.]
Morigeration
(Mo*rig`er*a"tion) n. [L. morigeratio.] Obsequiousness; obedience. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Morigerous
(Mo*rig"er*ous) a. [L. morigerus; mos, moris, custom, manner + gerere to bear, conduct.]
Obedient; obsequious. [Obs.] Brathwait.
Moril
(Mor"il) n. [F. morille; cf. OHG. morhila, G. morchel, OHG. morha carrot. See More a root.]
(Bot.) An edible fungus. Same as 1st Morel.
Morin
(Mo"rin) n. (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted from fustic (Maclura
tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria); - - called also moric acid.
Morinda
(Mo*rin"da) n. (Bot.) A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species
of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks.
Morindin
(Mo*rin"din) n. (Chem.) A yellow dyestuff extracted from the root bark of an East Indian
plant
Morinel
(Mor"i*nel`) n. [Cf. F. morinelle.] (Zoöl.) The dotterel.
Moringa
(Mo*rin"ga) n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern
Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those
of M. aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben.
Moringic
(Mo*rin"gic) a. (Chem.) Designating an organic acid obtained from oil of ben. See Moringa.
Morintannic
(Mo`rin*tan"nic) a. [NL. Morus fustic + E. tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating,
a variety of tannic acid extracted from fustic (Maclura, formerly Morus, tinctoria) as a yellow crystalline
substance; — called also maclurin.
Morion
(Mo"ri*on) n. [F. morion, Sp. morrion; cf. Sp. morra the upper part of the head, morro anything
that is round.] A kind of open helmet, without visor or beaver, and somewhat resembling a hat.
A battered morion on his brow.
Sir W. Scott. Morion
(Mo"ri*on), n. [G.] (Min.) A dark variety of smoky quartz.
