mort
mort1 definition
mort (môrt)
noun
- Obsolete death
- 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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