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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In heraldry, an epithet noting a lion rampant when depicted in coat-armor with no tongue, teeth, or claws.
  • noun The rebated head of a tilting-lance. Compare coronal, 2 .
  • noun A small rounded hill.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.
  • adjective obsolete Of or pertaining to the morn; morning.
  • adjective (Her.) Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion represented heraldically.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Obsolete spelling of mourn.
  • noun Obsolete spelling of morn.
  • verb Obsolete spelling of mourn.

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