Chapter Moreen to Morpho of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Morning
(Morn"ing) n. [OE. morning, morwening. See Morn.]

1. The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc.

2. The first or early part; as, the morning of life.

3. The goddess Aurora. [Poetic] Shak.

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..

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

Morningtide
(Morn"ing*tide`) n. Morning time. [Poetic]

Mornward
(Morn"ward) adv. Towards the morn. [Poetic]

And mornward now the starry hands move on.

Lowell.

Moro
(Mo"ro) n. [Cf. It. mora mulberry, L. morum.] (Med.) A small abscess or tumor having a resemblance to a mulberry. Dunglison.

Moroccan
(Mo*roc"can) a. Of or pertaining to Morocco, or its inhabitants.

Morocco
(Mo*roc"co) n. [Named from Morocco, the country. Cf. Morris the dance.] A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; — said to have been first made by the Moors.

Morology
(Mo*rol"o*gy) n. [Gr. mwrologi`a foolish talk, mw^ros foolish + lo`gos discourse.] Foolish talk; nonsense; folly. [Obs.]

Morone
(Mo*rone") n. Maroon; the color of an unripe black mulberry.

Morosaurus
(||Mo`ro*sau"rus) n. [NL., from Gr. mw^ros stupid + sau^ros lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America.

Morose
(Mo*rose") a. [L. morosus, prop., excessively addicted to any particular way or habit, fr. mos, moris, manner, habit, way of life: cf. F. morose.]

1. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe. "A morose and affected taciturnity." I. Watts.

2. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts. [Obs.]