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Cf. Morris the dance.] A
fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an
inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed
of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the
Moors.

Mo*rol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr.
mwrologi`a foolish talk, mw^ros foolish +
lo`gos discourse.] Foolish talk; nonsense;
folly. [Obs.]

Mo*rone" (m&osl;*rōn"), n.
Maroon; the color of an unripe black mulberry.

||Mo`ro*sau"rus (?), n. [NL., from Gr.
mw^ros stupid + sau^ros lizard.]
(Paleon.) An extinct genus of large herbivorous
dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America.

Mo*rose" (m&osl;*rōs"), a. [L.
morosus, prop., excessively addicted to any particular way or
habit, fr. mos, moris, manner, habit, way of life: cf.
F. morose.] 1. Of a sour temper; sullen
and austere; ill-humored; severe. "A morose and affected
taciturnity." I. Watts.

2. Lascivious; brooding over evil
thoughts.

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