Section M, N, and O

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morwe,
morwen, AS. morgen. See Morn.]
1. Morning. [Obs.] "White as
morrow's milk." Bp. Hall.

We loved he by the morwe a sop in
wine.

Chaucer.

2. The next following day; the day subsequent
to any day specified or understood. Lev. vii. 16.

Till this stormy night is gone,

And the eternal morrow dawn.

Crashaw.

3. The day following the present; to-
morrow.

Good morrow, good morning; -- a form of
salutation. -- To morrow. See To-
morrow in the Vocabulary.

Morse (?), n. [F. morse, Russ.
morj'; perh. akin to E. mere lake; cf. Russ.
more sea.] (Zoöl.) The walrus. See
Walrus.

Morse, n. [L. morsus a biting, a
clasp, fr. mordere to bite.] A clasp for fastening
garments in front. Fairholt.

Morse" al"pha*bet (?). A telegraphic alphabet in
very general use, inventing by Samuel F.

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