Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of soup, said to have been “white soup,” a delicacy of the middle ages in England.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A dish of meats and other ingredients, cooked together; an ollapodrida.
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- noun Alternative form of
mortrew .
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Examples
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A pair of cold capons, a mortress of brawn, or what you will, with a flask or two of the right Gascony.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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I had but sat down to a flask of malvesie and a mortress of brawn, as is my use about this hour, when there comes a cherking, and I find my wine over my legs and the flask in my lap, and then as I stoop to clip it there comes another cursed cherk, and there is a mortress of brawn stuck fast to the nape of my neck.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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I had but sat down to a flask of malvesie and a mortress of brawn, as is my use about this hour, when there comes a cherking, and I find my wine over my legs and the flask in my lap, and then as I stoop to clip it there comes another cursed cherk, and there is a mortress of brawn stuck fast to the nape of my neck.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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A pair of cold capons, a mortress of brawn, or what you will, with a flask or two of the right Gascony.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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I had but sat down to a flask of malvesie and a mortress of brawn, as is my use about this hour, when there comes a cherking, and I find my wine over my legs and the flask in my lap, and then as I stoop to clip it there comes another cursed cherk, and there is a mortress of brawn stuck fast to the nape of my neck.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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I had but sat down to a flask of malvoisie and a mortress of brawn, as is my use about this hour, when there comes a cherking, and I find my wine over my legs and the flask in my lap, and then as I stoop to clip it there comes another cursed cherk, and there is a mortress of brawn stuck fast to the nape of my neck.
The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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A pair of cold capons, a mortress of brawn, or what you will, with a flask or two of the right Gascony.
The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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We find that there was a cook among the company; and his services were no doubt at times in great request, "For he could roast and seethe, and broil and fry, And make a mortress and well bake a pie."
The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893
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I had but sat down to a flask of malvesie and a mortress of brawn, as is my use about this hour, when there comes a cherking, and I find my wine over my legs and the flask in my lap, and then as I stoop to clip it there comes another cursed cherk, and there is a mortress of brawn stuck fast to the nape of my neck.
The White Company 1890
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A pair of cold capons, a mortress of brawn, or what you will, with a flask or two of the right Gascony.
The White Company 1890
qms commented on the word mortress
In Winter on the bay of Fundy
A mortress is the dish for Sunday.
On Monday you need a
Good olla podrida
On all other days its salmagundi.
February 28, 2014