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||Mo"ra, n. [L.] (Rom. & Civil
Law) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.

Mo*raine" (?), n. [F. Cf. Prov. G.
mur stones broken off, It. mora a heap of stones,
hillock, G. mürbe soft, broken up, OHG. muruwi,
AS. mearu tender, Gr. &?; to cause to wither, Skr.
mlā to relax.] (Geol.) An accumulation of
earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier.
Lyell.

&fist; If the moraine is at the extremity of the glacier it is a
terminal moraine; if at the side, a lateral moraine; if
parallel to the side on the central portion of the glacier, a
medial moraine. See Illust. of Glacier. In the
last case it is formed by the union of the lateral moraines of the
branches of the glacier. A ground moraine is one beneath the
mass of ice.

Mo*rain"ic (?), a. Of or
pertaining to a moranie.

Mor"al (?), a. [F., fr. It.
moralis, fr. mos, moris, manner, custom, habit,
way of life, conduct.


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