morris

See also: Morris

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɒɹɪs/

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Etymology 1

From Moorish.

Noun

morris (plural morrises)

1. (weaponry) A type of pike.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 49:

     Another kind of pike called a morris, that is a Moorish pike, was much in fashion about the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth.

2. A morris dance.

Verb

morris (third-person singular simple present morrises, present participle morrising, simple past and past participle morrised)

1. To perform morris dancing.

Etymology 2

From Morris, the surname of its discoverer.

Noun

morris (plural morrises)

1. A marine fish with a very slender, flat, transparent body, now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “morris”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)