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2. Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of
grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black.

The houses to their tops with black were spread,

And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.

Deep mourning. See under
Deep.

Mourn"ing, a. 1.
Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.

2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn
or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a
mourning pin, and the like.

Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden
flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson
flowers in flattened heads. -- Mourning dove
(Zoöl.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura)
found throughout the United States; -- so named from its plaintive
note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust. under
Dove. -- Mourning warbler
(Zoöl.), an American ground warbler (Geothlypis
Philadelphia).


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