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mort1 definition

mort (môrt)

noun

  1. Obsolete death
  2. a note sounded on a hunting horn when the quarry is killed

Etymology: OFr < L mors, death: see mortal

mort2 definition

mort (môrt)

noun

Dialectal a great quantity or number

Etymology: ? altered (infl. by mort) < dial. merth, excess < ON mergth, a multitude; akin to margr, much

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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