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Carlyle. -- Mort stone, a large stone by
the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin. [Eng.] H.
Taylor.

Mor"tal (?), a. [F. mortel, L.
mortalis, from mors, mortis, death, fr.
moriri 8die; akin to E. murder. See Murder, and
cf. Filemot, Mere a lake, Mortgage.]
1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is
mortal.

2. Destructive to life; causing or
occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death;
deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.

3. Fatally vulnerable; vital.

Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but
missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the
work.

Milton.

4. Of or pertaining to the time of
death.

Safe in the hand of one disposing Power,

Or in the natal or the mortal hour.

Pope.

5. Affecting as if with power to kill;
deathly.

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