Definitions
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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Examples
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A morne is a valley, whose bounding hills are themselves backed by mountains.
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A morne is a valley whose bounding hills are themselves backed by mountains.
The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance Harriet Martineau 1839
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I believe the term "morne" is peculiar to Saint Domingo.
The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance Harriet Martineau 1839
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Dans un square écarté, morne et couverte de givre, Où se cache un hôtel, aux vieux lions de cuivre; and the hero of the tale, a young French poet, who is in London, is truly unhappy in that village.
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Si je ne parle pas des moindre detail de ma morne vie, mes notes feraient 3 lignes et ne seraient pas aussi regulierement postées.
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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The next morne then by day againe we went to shore,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Looke how a wanton Bridegroome in the morne, Busilie labours to make glad the day, And at the noone, with wings of courage borne,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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But on next morne and all the day of ship we had no sight.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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As soon as they landed they stood upon the beach and chanted a hymn of thanks; the chant was morne and doleful, but really the poor people were looking so miserable, that one could not fairly expect from them any lively outpouring of gratitude.
Eothen 2003
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To morrow morne we there may be, if thither you will goe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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