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mo·rion (mōr′ē än′, môr′-)

noun

a hatlike, crested helmet without beaver or visor and with a curved brim coming to a peak in front and in back, worn in the 16th and 17th cent.

Etymology: OFr < Sp morrión < morra, crown of the head, snout: see moraine

morion2 definition

mo·rion (mōr′ē än′, môr′-)

noun

a variety of quartz, dark-brown to black in color

Etymology: misreading of L mormorion (in early editions of Pliny)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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