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-- Mortar board.
(a) A small square board with a handle beneath,
for holding mortar; a hawk. (b) A cap with a
broad, projecting, square top; -- worn by students in some
colleges. [Slang]

Mor"tar, v. t. To plaster or make
fast with mortar.

Mor"tar (?), n. [F. mortier. See
Mortar a vessel.] A chamber lamp or light. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

Mort"gage (môr"g&asl;j; 48), n.
[F. mort-gage; mort dead (L. mortuus) +
gage pledge. See Mortal, and Gage.]
1. (Law) A conveyance of property, upon
condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance
of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according
to the stipulated terms; also, the written instrument by which the
conveyance is made.

&fist; It was called a mortgage (or dead pledge)
because, whatever profit it might yield, it did not thereby redeem
itself, but became lost or dead to the mortgager upon breach
of the condition.

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