Morris

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An English folk dance in which a story is enacted by costumed dancers.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A type of pike.
  • n. A marine fish with a very slender, flat, transparent body, now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets.
  • n. A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictitious characters.
  • n. An old game played with counters, or men, which are placed at the angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the ground; also, the board or ground on which the game is played.
  • n. A marine fish having a very slender, flat, transparent body. It is now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as morrisdance.
  • n. A dance resembling the morris-dance.
  • Belonging to or taking part in a morris-dance.
  • To dance or perform by dancing. See morris-dance.
  • To “dance” or “waltz” off; decamp; be off; begone.
  • n. A curious fish, allied to the eels, of the genus Leptocephalus. Its body is so compressed as to resemble tape.
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  • n. English poet and craftsman (1834-1896)
  • n. leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806)
  • n. United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)
  • n. United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
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