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morgay, morgie,
morgie [ˈmɔrge, ˈmɔrgi]
n. The lesser-spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula.
Morman_Hull, Mormon_Hull, Mormond_Hill,
Mormond Hill [ˈmɔrmən(d) hɪl, -hʌl]
pn. Mormond Hill (Aberdeenshire).
da_moarn, damoarn, imorn, imorns, imorns_morn, moarn, moarneen, moarnien, moarnin, mohrnin, mohrnin$, morin, morn, morn$s, morneen, mornen, mornin, mournin, th$morn, the_morn, the_morn$s_morn, themorn, the-morn, the-morn$s, themornsmornin,
morn [ˈmɔrn, -ˈmoːrn]
usually the morn [ðə-, I.Sh. da-, də-]
n. The following day, tomorrow.
adv. Tomorrow, on the morrow.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
mornin [ˈmɔrnɪn]: The morning, the early part of a day.
the morn's morn, the morra's morn: Tomorrow morning.
 
See also morra.
lemorra, moara, morra, morra$s, morrow, murra, t$morra, the_morra, themarra, themorra, the-morrow, tomurra,
morra [ˈmɔrə, ˈmoːrə]
usually the morra
n. Tomorrow.
 
See also morn.
morsel, morsel, morsil, mursel,
morsel [ˈmɔrsəl]
n. A morsel, a small mouthful or piece.
moertcloth, mork, mort, mort_chairge, mortal, mortclaith, mortclathe, morth, mort-heid, mortial, mortie, mortifee, mortifee$d, mortifie, mortifiet, mortyal, mortyel,
mort [ˈmɔrt, moːrt]
n. A dead body.
dim. mortie: The death's head moth Acherontia atropos.
 
mortifee [ˈmoːrtɪfi]
v. To mortify.
pt. pp. mortifee'd adj. Humiliated.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
mortal [moːrt(j)əl]: adj. Deadly, causing death. col. Extremely intoxicated.
mort chairge [-tʃeːrdʒ]: Dead weight, goods with a high weight-to-bulk ratio and therefore earned less freight charge.
mortclaith: A pall covering a coffin
mort-heid: A human skull, a death's head.
mort kist: A coffin.
mort staund: A set of church vestements or alter cloths for funeral services.
moass, moss, mosser, mossie, mossie_toddler, mossietoddler, mossie-toddler, mossin, mossy, mossy_toddler, mossytoddler, mossy-toddler,
moss [mɔs]
n. Boggy ground, moorland, a bog from which peats are dug.
 
mossy
adj. Marshy, boggy etc.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cup moss MN.: The lichen Lecanora tartarea.
draw moss: The cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Soft spongy ground.
mosser: A person who cuts and dries peats.
mossin: Working in a peat bog, cutting and setting up peats to dry.
mossy-toddler: The wild or carder bee Bombus muscorum.
quaukin moss: A quagmire.
white moss: I.Sh. A sphagnum moss such as sphagnum palustre.
Mossbog, Mussbog,
Mossbog [məsˈbog]
pn. Mossbog (Ayrshire).
Mossgiel, Mussgiel,
Mossgiel [məsˈgil]
pn. Mossgiel (Ayrshire).
moost, mooste, most, moste,
most [mɔst, most]
n. v. Must.
 
See maun also.

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