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The nine-men's morris is filled up with
mud.

&fist; The figure consists of three concentric squares, with lines
from the angles of the outer one to those of the inner, and from the
middle of each side of the outer square to that of the inner. The
game is played by two persons with nine or twelve pieces each (hence
called nine-men's morris or twelve-men's morris). The
pieces are placed alternately, and each player endeavors to prevent
his opponent from making a straight row of three. Should either
succeed in making a row, he may take up one of his opponent's pieces,
and he who takes off all of his opponent's pieces wins the game.

Mor"ris (?), n. [So called from its
discoverer.] (Zoöl.) 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.

Mor"ris-pike` (?), n. A Moorish
pike. [Obs.]

Mor"rot (?), n. (Zoöl.)
See Marrot.

Mor"row (?), n. [OE.


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